Mr.Rodriguez bought 420 pencils for the school. If there are 10 pencils in a box ,how many boxes of pencils did he buy?
Answer: He bought 42 boxes of pencils.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given : Mr.Rodriguez bought 420 pencils for the school.
If there are 10 pencils in a box, then by using DIVISION OPERATION, we have
The number of boxes of pencils he bought is given by :-
\(\text{Total pencils}\div\text{Pencils in each box}\\\\=420\div10=42\)
Therefore, he bought 42 boxes of pencils.