Question

A school district ordered 247 boxes of pencils.Each box contains 100 pencils.If the pencils are to be shared evenly among 10 classrooms how many pencils will each class receive

Answer 1

Each classroom would get 2470 pencils.

Answer 2

Answer:2470

Explanation:

Given

There are 247 boxes of pencils and Each box contains 100 pencils

Therefore there are
`247* 100=24700 Pencils`

These pencils are to shared among 10 classrooms

therefore each class will receive
`(24700)/(10)=2470 Pencils`