Mr.Rodriguez bought 420 pencils for the school. If there are 10 pencils in a box ,how many boxes of pencils did he buy?

Verified Answer :

He brought 42 packs of pencils.

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.