Mr. Davis bought some boxes of tea bags that were on sale. If each box holds 12 tea bags, which could be the total number of tea bags that he bought?

Question

A) 34
B) 42
C) 52
D) 60

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) 42.

If Mr. Davis bought some boxes of tea bags and each box holds 12 tea bags, the total number of tea bags he bought is calculated by multiplying the number of boxes by the number of tea bags in each box.

Number of boxes x Number of tea bags in each box = Total number of tea bags
Let x be the number of boxes Mr. Davis bought.
12 x = Total number of tea bags

Since we are looking for the total number of tea bags, the possible options can be calculated to check for the correct total:
A) 34 (not possible as 34 is not a multiple of 12)
B) 42 (12 x 3 = 36, 12 x 4 = 48, so 12 x 3 < 42 < 12 x 4)
C) 52 (not possible as 52 is not a multiple of 12)
D) 60 (not possible as 60 is not a multiple of 12)

So, Mr. Davis could have bought 3 boxes of tea bags, which would give a total of 36 tea bags (12 x 3), making option B) 42 the correct answer.