Question

A restaurant use 32 potatoes for each batch of potato soup it makes.about how many batches of potatoes soup can the restaurant make from its last shipment of 1,275 potatoes

Answer 1

The restaurant can make 39 batches. 
1,275 divided by 32 is 39.84, since you can't make .84 of a batch, the answer is 39. 

Answer 2

1,275÷32= 39.84

So, the restaurant can make about 40 batches of potato soup.