Question

Daniel wants to do 312 practice problems to prepare for an exam. If he wants to do approximately the same number of problems each day for 36 days, which best describes the number of problems that he needs to do each day?

A number line going from 0 to 336.
8 problems per day for 12 of the days and 9 problems per day for 24 of the days
8 problems per day for 24 of the days and 9 problems per day for 12 of the days
8 problems per day for each of the days
9 problems per day for each of the days

Answer 1

8 problems per day for 12 days and 9 problems per day for 24 days .

Since the difference between 9 and 8 is just 1 , they are approximately the same .

Answer 2

8 problems per day for 12 of the days and 9 problems per day for 24 of the days

Explanation:

whatever 312 divided by 36 is