Question

Thomas has a vegetable garden. During the summer he grew 582 vegetables.

He placed the vegetables in cartons of 8 items each. How many cartons did
Thomas need to store all of his vegetables? (4.4H, RS, RC2)
32.75
A 73 cartons
B 74 cartons
C 75 cartons
D 76 cartons

Answer 1

A. 73 cartons

Explanation:

You can repeatedly subtract 8 from 582, or you can take a shortcut and do division.

582 ÷ 8 = 72 remainder 6

The last 6 vegetables require another carton, for a total of 73 cartons.