Jamal bought boxes of nails that each cost the same He spent a total of 42 Find three possible costs per box and the number of boxes that he could have purchased?

Answer 1

For 42, Jamal could buy:

2 boxes at 21 each or

3 boxes at 14 each or

4 boxes at 10.5

5 boxes at 8.4

6 boxes at 7 each

7 boxes at 6

8 boxes at 5.25

10 boxes at 4.2

12 boxes at 3.5

14 boxes at 3 each

15 at 2.8

20 at 2.1

21 boxes at 2 each.

Choose any 3 of the above possible price/number of boxes combinations to complete the question.