Question

3. The library has 38 boxes of new books to unpack. Each box has 61 books in it. The

librarian wants to know about how many total new books there are to unpack. Stacy
says there are about 2,400 books to unpack. Jean says there are about 2,318 books
to unpack. Who is correct and why. Explain your reasoning in detail.

Answer 1

Jean is correct the answer is 2318

Explanation:

if their are 38 boxes and each box has 61 books you need to multiply them together.

So 61 × 38 = 2318