Question

A grocery store shelf can hold 4 large boxes of laundry detergent. The store clerk put 25 boxes of laundry on the shelves. What is the least number of shelves needed for the display.

Answer 1

25/4 = 6 1/4

Should the clerk use 6 or 7 shelves? Why?

Answer 2

7 beacause there is no such thing as 1/4 a box