Question

Landscape Elementary uses 14 reams of paper every 3 weeks. How many reams of paper do they use each week? Round the answer to the nearest hundredth.

1 answer

To find out how many reams of paper Landscape Elementary uses each week, we need to divide the total number of reams used in 3 weeks by the number of weeks, which is 3.

Given:

  • Total reams used in 3 weeks = 14 reams.

Now, we can calculate the weekly usage:

\[ \text{Reams per week} = \frac{\text{Total reams}}{\text{Number of weeks}} = \frac{14 \text{ reams}}{3 \text{ weeks}} \approx 4.6667 \text{ reams/week} \]

Next, we round this result to the nearest hundredth:

\[ 4.6667 \text{ rounded to the nearest hundredth is } 4.67. \]

Therefore, Landscape Elementary uses approximately 4.67 reams of paper each week.