Question

Lucy and Mary buy some packets of crayons which are as follows:


Who buys more number of crayons packets?

• A. Lucy
• B. Mary
• C. Both has bought equal number of packets
• D. Cannot be determined

Answer 1

The correct option is A Lucy

Lucy and Mary buy packets of crayons.

To find out who has more number of packets, let us first identify the number of packets of crayons for both of them.

In case of Lucy:
Number of crayons with Lucy = 287
Number of crayons in each packet = 7

∴ Number of packets of crayons with Lucy = (287 $÷$ 7)

Let us divide the numbers using place value.

So, at first, we write the expanded form of the dividend 287.


Let's divide each of these places with the divisor 7.


After division by place value, we add all the partial quotients to get the final answer.

Here the final quotient is 41.


Hence, Lucy has 41 packets of crayons.

In case of Mary:
Number of crayons with Mary = 248
Number of crayons in each packet = 8

∴ Number of packets of crayons with Mary = (248 $÷$ 8)

Let us divide the numbers using place value.

So, at first, we write the expanded form of the dividend 248.


Let's divide each of these places with the divisor 8.


After division by place value, we add all the partial quotients to get the final answer.

Here, the final quotient is 31.


Hence, Mary has 31 packets of crayons.


Thus, we can observe that Lucy has more number of packets.