Question

18 eggs are to be put in boxes. If each box can hold 6 eggs, how many boxes can be filled?

• A. 24
• B. 3
• C. 12
• D. 6

Answer 1

The correct option is B 3

Division is known as repetitive subtraction.

Let’s look at the table below, where 18 eggs are kept in boxes, where each box can hold 6 eggs each.
So, by using repeated subtraction:

$\begin{array}{cc}1.& 18-6=12\\ 2.& 12-6=6\\ 3.& 6-6=0\end{array}$

6 is subtracted three times from 18 to get 0.
Therefore,
when 18 cakes are equally put in boxes, then the number of boxes needed is 3.