Question

Margaret can fit 17 pencils in a small box and 50 pencils in a large box. She has 10 small boxes of pencils and would like to reorganize the pencils into large boxes. How many large boxes could she ​fill?

Answer 1

She can fill five boxes with 20 pencils left over.

Explanation:

17x10=170

170/50=3.4

50x3=150

170-150=20