Question

The camp director is putting 85 sack lunches in boxes for a picnic. She can fit 8 lunches in each box. She does the division problem shown to find out how many boxes she will need. 85 divided 8 = 10 remainder 5
What is the meaning of the remainder in this situation?
A. The number of extra boxes needed.
B. The number of extra lunches needed.
C. The number of boxes left over after packing the lunches.
D. The number of lunches left over after packing the boxes.

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

85 lunches can fit in 10 boxes with 8lunches each box

remaining 5 lunches which fit easily in one box

so the answer is d