Mrs. Jackson had 493 canned goods that she collected for the annual canned food drive. She put all the cans in 7 equal piles. About how many cans are in each pile?
Responses
A 70
B 90
C 45
D 120
To find out how many cans are in each pile, you need to divide the total number of cans (493) by the number of piles (7).
So, to get the answer, simply divide 493 by 7:
493 ÷ 7 = 70.42857142857143
Rounding this to the nearest whole number, you get approximately 70.
Therefore, the number of cans in each pile is approximately 70.
The correct answer is A) 70.
To find out how many cans are in each pile, we need to divide the total number of cans (493) by the number of piles (7).
493 ÷ 7 = 70.4286
Since the number of cans must be a whole number, we round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, there are about 70 cans in each pile.
So, the answer is A) 70.
To find out how many cans are in each pile, we need to divide the total number of cans by the number of piles.
So, 493 divided by 7 is equal to 70 remainder 3.
Therefore, each pile would have approximately 70 cans.
The correct answer is A) 70.