Question

A lamp manufacturer uses 714 meters of electrical cord each week. The cord comes on spools that hold 12 meters each. How many spools of electrical cord does the manufacturer use each week?

Answer 1

714/12
= 59.5
The lamp manufacturer uses 59 and a half spools of electrical cord. If you round to the nearest whole number, he uses about 60 spools of cord.

Answer 2

divide 714 by 12

714 / 12 = 59.5 spools per week