Hwong can fit 12 packets of coffee in a small box and 50 packets of coffee in a large box. Hwong has 10 small boxes and would like to reorganize them into large boxes. Which boxes should he use? Explain.

Verified Answer :

Hwong can fit 12 packets of coffee in small boxes

=> He has 10 small boxes

=> 10 x 12

=120 packets of coffee in all


He wanted to reorganize this packets of coffee in to large boxes

=> He can fit 50 packets of coffee in large boxes

=> 120 packet of coffees / 50 packet of coffee per large box

=> 120 / 50

=> 2 large boxes will be filled but there will be 20 remaining packet of
coffee

Hwong can put the 12 packet of coffee to 1 small box and 8 packets to the other
small box