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Mrs Dixon puts 230 eggs into boxes.
Each box holds 12 eggs.
How many egg boxes does Mrs Dixon need to put all the eggs into boxes?

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User Speise
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Answer:

20 boxes

Explanation:

Each box ca hold 12 eggs

There are 230 eggs

So you will need 230/12 = 19 1/6 boxes = 19.167 boxes

Since you cannot get less than 1 box, round up to 20 boxes. There will be some empty spaces in one of the boxes

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