Question

A food company produced 65 pounds of a new cereal and was going to package it in 4-ounce boxes. The cardboard company is offering a special price on 5-ounce boxes. Will the food company have more or fewer promotional boxes if they decide to go with the 5-ounce boxes instead of the 4-ounce boxes?

Answer 1

Fewer boxes

Explanation:

There are 16 oz in a pound

So 65 bs = 65 x 4 = 1040 ounces

If packaged in 4-ounce boxes, number of boxes = 1040 /4 = 260 boxes

If packaged in 5-ounce boxes, number of boxes = 1040/5 = 208 boxes