A school store has1200 pencils in stock, and sells an average of 24 pencils per day. The manager reorders when the number of pencils in stock is 500. In how many days will the manager have to reorder.?
(1200-500)/24
A school store has1200 pencils in stock, and sells an average of 24 pencils per day. The manager reorders when the number of pencils in stock is 500. In how many days will the manager have to reorder.?
29 days
21 days
Days to order = (1200 - 500)/24
= 29.1+ or 29 days
To figure out the number of days the manager will have to reorder, we can use the following steps:
Step 1: Determine the difference between the initial stock and the reorder level.
Reorder Level = 500 pencils
Initial Stock = 1200 pencils
Difference = Initial Stock - Reorder Level
= 1200 - 500
= 700 pencils
Step 2: Divide the difference by the number of pencils sold per day to find the number of days before a reorder is needed.
Number of pencils sold per day = 24 pencils
Number of days = Difference / Number of pencils sold per day
= 700 / 24
≈ 29.17 days
Since you can't have a fraction of a day, we'll round up to the nearest whole number.
Step 3: Round up the number of days to the nearest whole number to determine when the manager will have to reorder.
Number of days to reorder = ceil(Number of days)
= ceil(29.17)
= 30 days
Therefore, the manager will have to reorder pencils after approximately 30 days.