Question

Jordy works at the block factory. he has an order to pack 3,280 blocks. how can he pack the blocks using the fewest packages

Answer 1

By packing the 3280 blocks in one package?

Answer 2

Answer:

There are two ways in which Jordan can pack 3,280 blocks.  

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following information:

Number of blocks to be packed = 3,280

We have to make the following assumptions in order to answer the question:

Let us suppose that Jordan can pack the blocks in packages of 1000, 100 and 10.

Expanding 3280:

$(3\times 1000) + (2\times 100) + (8\times 10) = 3000 + 200 + 80 = 3280$

In order to pack, Jordan can pack 3,280 blocks in 3 packs of 1000, 2 packs of 100 and 8 packs of 10.

He could also use 3 packages of 1000 and 4 packages of 100 to use fewest packages. This packaging would have an extra space for 20 blocks.