A grocery store shelf can hold 4 large boxes of laundry detergent. The store clerk put 25 boxes of laundry on the shelves. What is the least number of shelves needed for the display.
25/4 = 6 1/4
Should the clerk use 6 or 7 shelves? Why?
7 beacause there is no such thing as 1/4 a box
To determine the least number of shelves needed for the display, we have to divide the total number of boxes by the maximum number of boxes that can fit on one shelf.
In this case, we have 25 boxes of laundry detergent and each shelf can hold a maximum of 4 boxes. By dividing 25 by 4, we can find out how many complete shelves we can fill.
25 รท 4 = 6.25
Since we cannot have a fraction of a shelf, we need to round up to the nearest whole number to ensure that we have enough space for all the boxes. So, we need to round up 6.25 to 7.
Therefore, the least number of shelves needed for the display is 7.