a shipping crate contains 567 boxes of cereal. you open the top and count 12 across the front and 6 along the side. How many layers of boxes are in the crate?
Are you sure there aren't 576 boxes?
6 x 12 x 8 = 576
Eight layers would be completely filled in that case.
8 layers:D
To determine the number of layers of boxes in the shipping crate, you need to find the total number of boxes on one layer and then divide the total number of boxes in the crate by that number.
In this case, you know that the number of boxes across the front is 12, and the number of boxes along the side is 6. To find the total number of boxes on one layer, you multiply these two dimensions together: 12 boxes × 6 boxes = 72 boxes in one layer.
Next, you divide the total number of boxes in the crate (567) by the number of boxes on one layer (72) to find the number of layers: 567 boxes ÷ 72 boxes = 7.875.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a layer, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, there are 7 layers of boxes in the crate.