Question

Evelyn is donating boxes of pasta to a local food pantry. The weight limit on one cardboard box is 28 kilograms. If each box of pasta weighs 2/5 kilogram, what is the greatest number of boxes of pasta Evelyn can put into one cardboard box without going over the weight limit?

Answer 1

Given:

Weight limit on one box = 28 kilograms

Weight of each box = ⅖ kilogram

To find the greatest number of boxes of pasta she can put into one cardboard box without exceeding the weight limit, we have:

$G=28\div\frac{2}{5}$

To divide the fraction, change the division sign to multiplication and flip the fraction:

$\begin{gathered} =28\times\frac{5}{2} \\ \\ =\frac{28\times5}{2} \\ \\ =\frac{140}{2} \\ \\ =70 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the greatest number of boxes Evelyn can put without going over the weight limit is 70 boxes.

ANSWER:

70