Mrs. Jackson had 493 canned goods that she collected for the annual canned food drive. She put all the cans in 7 equal piles. About how many cans are in each pile?

Question

Responses
A 70
B 90
C 45
D 120

Answer 1

To find out how many cans are in each pile, we need to divide the total number of cans (493) by the number of piles (7).

493 ÷ 7 = 70.4286

Since the number of cans must be a whole number, we round down to the nearest whole number.

Therefore, there are about 70 cans in each pile.

So, the answer is A) 70.