Question

Which is the most appropriate operation to use to solve this problem?

Tony’s job is to stack the cans on the shelves at the local store. He has 585 cans to stack evenly on 15 shelves. How many cans should he place on each shelf?

A.
multiplication

B.
division

C.
subtraction

D.
addition

Answer 1

B.
division

Cause the words:
He has 585 cans to stack evenly on 15 shelves. gives us a clue.

If u ask for the answer it would be 39

Answer 2

You would want to use division since you want to separate the cans evenly onto the shelves.