Meadow Academy's spring festival is coming up, and Ms. Rivera is in charge of ordering the butterfly kits again. She knows she ordered 6 cases of butterfly kits last year but can't remember how many kits come in a case. When she checks the records, Ms. Rivera finds that the school used 417 of the butterfly kits last year and had 63 left over after the festival. How many butterfly kits come in each case?

Answer 1

To determine how many butterfly kits come in each case, we first need to find out the total number of kits that Ms. Rivera ordered.

We know from the problem:

• The number of butterfly kits used last year: 417
• The number of leftover kits after the festival: 63

First, we can calculate the total number of kits ordered:

\[ \text{Total Kits Ordered} = \text{Kits Used} + \text{Kits Left Over} \] \[ \text{Total Kits Ordered} = 417 + 63 = 480 \]

Next, we know that Ms. Rivera ordered 6 cases of butterfly kits. To find out how many kits are in each case, we can divide the total number of kits ordered by the number of cases:

\[ \text{Kits per Case} = \frac{\text{Total Kits Ordered}}{\text{Number of Cases}} \] \[ \text{Kits per Case} = \frac{480}{6} = 80 \]

Thus, the number of butterfly kits that come in each case is \( \boxed{80} \).