document.write( "Question 1063948: Greeting cards are sold in packs of 6,8 and 24 cards . The minimum number of packs needed to buy exactly 110 cards is what? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "To buy the least number of packs, you'd want to buy as\r\n" );
document.write( "many 24-packs as possible.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since 110÷24 = 4.58333..., you would buy the whole number\r\n" );
document.write( "part of that, which is 4 of the 24-packs. \r\n" );
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document.write( "That would give you 24×4 or 96 greeting cards.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You would need 110-96 or 14 more greeting cards.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you would need only 1 6-pack and 1 8-pack, since 6+8=14.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you would buy 4 24-packs, 1 6-pack and 1 8-pack.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's 4+1+1 = 6 packs minimum  <--answer\r\n" );
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