SOLUTION: Omar has 25 books. Nan has 3 times as many books as omar. nan stores her books in boxes that hold 6 books each. She fills as many boxes as she can and puts the remaining books on a

SOLUTION: Omar has 25 books. Nan has 3 times as many books as omar. nan stores her books in boxes that hold 6 books each. She fills as many boxes as she can and puts the remaining books on a

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Question 948558: Omar has 25 books. Nan has 3 times as many books as omar. nan stores her books in boxes that hold 6 books each. She fills as many boxes as she can and puts the remaining books on a shelf. How may books does Nan put on the shelf?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Nan has 3(25)=75 books. In boxes of six she stores 75/6=12 boxes with 3 remaining, so
ANSWER: Nan puts 3 books on the shelf.
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