Question

Harry has 402.8 units of goods to sell. One shipment container can only hold 0.76 units of goods. How many containers would he require?

• A. 430
• B. 423
• C. 523
• D. 530

Answer 1

The correct option is D

530

Quantity of goods for sale = 402.8 units
Quantity of goods that one container can hold = 0.76 units

$\therefore \text{Number of containers needed =}\frac{402.8}{0.76}$

Multiply both numerator and denominator with 100.

$\therefore \frac{402.8\times 100}{0.76\times 100}=\frac{40280.0}{76}=530$

[When a decimal is multiplied with 100, the decimal point is shifted 2 times to the right]

$\therefore \text{Number of containers needed}=\frac{402.8}{0.76}=530$