The Johnson family has been very busy and has not done their laundry for several weeks.The dirty laundry pile consists of 540 item of clothing.They figure they can put on average of 27 pieces of clothing in a single load.How many loads of laundry will the Johnson family have to do to wash all the item of clothing??pls show how many ways can be done.

540/27 = 20

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To find out how many loads of laundry the Johnson family will need to do, we can divide the total number of clothing items by the average number of pieces of clothing they can put in a single load.

The Johnson family has 540 items of clothing in total, and they can put an average of 27 pieces of clothing in a single load.

Method 1: Division
To find the answer using division, we divide the total number of clothing items by the average number of pieces of clothing in a load:

Number of loads = Total number of clothing items / Average number of pieces of clothing in a load

Number of loads = 540 / 27 = 20 loads

Therefore, the Johnson family will need to do 20 loads of laundry to wash all the clothing items.

Method 2: Multiple of average pieces of clothing
We can also approach this problem by considering that each load will contain a multiple of the average number of pieces of clothing.

To find the answer, we divide the total number of clothing items by the average number of pieces of clothing in a load and then round up to the nearest whole number:

Number of loads = round up (Total number of clothing items / Average number of pieces of clothing in a load)

Number of loads = round up (540 / 27) = round up (20) = 20 loads

So, according to this method as well, the Johnson family will need to do 20 loads of laundry to wash all the clothing items.

In both methods, the result is the same - the Johnson family will need to do 20 loads of laundry to wash all 540 items of clothing.