For an Easter egg hunt, Jim's mom distributed a bag of 240 jelly beans
evenly into 16 plastic eggs and hid them around the yard. If after the
Easter egg hunt, Jim has a total of 90 jelly beans, then how many of the
plastic Easter eggs did he find?
and say how you got the answer?
2007-03-08 00:35:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Since the 240 jelly beans were distributed equally between 16 plastic eggs, you divide to find a total of 240/16 = 15 jelly beans in each plastic egg. Now we know he found 90 jelly beans and we know that there are 15 jelly beans in each egg. We divide 90/15 = 6 to get the number of plastic eggs that he found.
2007-03-08 00:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by ChAnMaN311 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
240 jelly beans
evenly into 16 plastic eggs
therefore,
1 plastic egg has 15 jelly beans
jim found 90 jelly beans
therefore,
found 90/15=6plastic egg
2007-03-08 08:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by prathmesh m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one plastc eggs has 240/16 jelly beans which counts for 15
jim had 90 jelly beans which fills 6 eggs =====> 90/15=6
2007-03-08 08:45:55 · answer #3 · answered by A New Life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
240 / 16 = 15
So each plastic egg has 15 jelly beans.
90 / 15 = 6
He should have found 6 eggs so that he has 90 jelly beans.
2007-03-08 08:52:32 · answer #4 · answered by math freak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
240/16=15
90/15= 6 easter eggs
2007-03-08 08:42:59 · answer #5 · answered by bosox1989 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
find out how many are in each plastic egg by dividing 16 into 240.Answer is 15....Now divide 15 into 90 to find out how many plastic eggs he found...Answer....6
2007-03-08 08:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
240/16 = 15
15 x 6 =90
6 is the answer
2007-03-08 08:45:28 · answer #7 · answered by afijfcij 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋