Question

12 Shelley sells books,
2
On Saturday she is going to give a free book mark and a free dust ever with each book
she sells
All the books are the same size
Shelley needs to buy the book marks and the dust covers,
Book marks come in boxes,
Each box contains 24 book marks.
Dust covers come in packs.
Each pack contains 36 dust covers,
Shelley wants to have enough book marks and dust covers for 250 books,
She buys exactly the same number of book marks and dust covers.
Work out the number of boxes of book marks and the number of packs of dust covers she
buys
You must show all your working

Answer 1

Answer:

12 boxes of bookmarks and 8 packs of dust covers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Shelley wants to have at least 250 bookmarks and dust covers for her 250 books.

One box of bookmarks contain 24 bookmarks.

One pack of dust cover contain 36 dust covers.

Shelley buys same number of bookmarks and dust covers.

So, we need to find out LCM(Least Common Multiple) of 24 and 36 to come to a common number that can be bought.

LCM of 24 and 36 is 72.

But, at least 250 bookmarks or dust covers have to be bought. So, we need to find a multiple of 72 which is greater than or equal to 250.

Let us consider the Table of 72:

72, 144, 216, 288, 360 .....

For having enough count of bookmarks and dust covers, at least 288 bookmarks and dust covers have to be bought.

Number of boxes of bookmarks bought = $\frac{288}{24} \Rightarrow 12$

Number of packs of dust covers bought = $\frac{288}{36} \Rightarrow 8$

12 boxes of bookmarks and 8 packs of dust covers.