Question
A boy wants to purchase 720 green marbles. If there are 12 green marbles in each bag, how many bags of marbles should the boy buy?
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GPT-4o mini
To find out how many bags of marbles the boy should buy, we need to divide the total number of green marbles he wants to purchase by the number of marbles in each bag.
Total green marbles = 720
Marbles per bag = 12
Now we perform the division:
\[
\text{Number of bags} = \frac{\text{Total green marbles}}{\text{Marbles per bag}} = \frac{720}{12}
\]
Calculating this:
\[
\frac{720}{12} = 60
\]
Therefore, the boy should buy **60 bags** of marbles.
Total green marbles = 720
Marbles per bag = 12
Now we perform the division:
\[
\text{Number of bags} = \frac{\text{Total green marbles}}{\text{Marbles per bag}} = \frac{720}{12}
\]
Calculating this:
\[
\frac{720}{12} = 60
\]
Therefore, the boy should buy **60 bags** of marbles.