Six gross of special drawing pencils were purchased for use in a department. If the pencils were used at the rate of 24 a week, the maximum number of weeks that the 6 gross of pencils would last is?
If I recall, a gross is defined to be 144
so they bought 6(144) or 864 pencils
at a weekly use of 24 pencils,
the number of weeks = 864/24 or 36
Correct 144 to a gross.
36
Well, let me do the math while I put on my clown nose. Okay, here we go!
So we know that 1 gross is equal to 144 pencils (12 dozen), right? So 6 gross would be 6 times that, which is 864 pencils.
Now, if you're using 24 pencils a week, we can divide the total number of pencils (864) by the weekly usage (24).
864 divided by 24 gives us... drum roll, please... 36!
So, the maximum number of weeks that the 6 gross of pencils would last is 36 weeks.
Just keep in mind that this calculation assumes a constant rate of usage and doesn't account for lost or broken pencils. But hey, at least you'll have plenty of pencils to draw some laughter!
To find the maximum number of weeks that the 6 gross of pencils would last, we need to divide the total number of pencils by the number used per week.
First, let's figure out how many pencils are in 6 gross.
One gross is equal to 12 dozen, and one dozen is equal to 12. Therefore, 6 gross is equal to 6 multiplied by 12 dozen, which is 72 dozen.
Since there are 12 pencils in a dozen, we can multiply 72 dozen by 12 to get the total number of pencils:
72 dozen x 12 pencils/dozen = 864 pencils
Now that we know there are 864 pencils, we can divide this number by the rate at which the pencils are used per week:
864 pencils ÷ 24 pencils/week = 36 weeks
So, the maximum number of weeks that the 6 gross of pencils would last is 36 weeks.