Question

PLEASE HELP 1. Megan works at Amazon’s warehouse. She is responsible for packing boxes into trucks for shipment. Each truck can hold 22 boxes, and she needs to ship 539 boxes total.

a. Megan thinks she can fit all 539 boxes into 24 trucks. Is her estimate correct? Why or why not?



b. How many trucks will Megan need to pack all 539 boxes?

Answer 1

Megan thinks she can fit all
`539` boxes into
`24` trucks, and her estimate incorrect as to fit all
`539` boxes,
`25` trucks are needed.

Explanation:

It is given that each truck can hold
`22` boxes, and Megan needs to ship
`539` boxes total.

The number of trucks that can hold
`539` boxes will be,

`(539)/(22) =24.5`

So,
`24` trucks will hold,
`22*24=528` boxes.

To hold the remaining
`539-528=11` boxes, one more truck will be needed.

So, in total,
`25` trucks are needed to ship
`539` boxes.

Megan thinks she can fit all
`539` boxes into
`24` trucks, so her estimate incorrect.