Question

Jared has 96 books to arrange on six shelves of bookcase he wants each shelf to have the same number of books using the distributive property write an expression Jared can use to find out many books he can put on a shelf

Answer 1

(6 x 10) + (6 x 6) = 96 Each shelf has 16 books

Answer 2

Answer:

$96:6=(60+36):6=60:6+36:6=10+6=16$

Step-by-step explanation:

Jared has 96 books to arrange on six shelves of bookcase he wants each shelf to have the same number of books.

We can use the distributive property to write the expression as:

$96:6=(60+36):6=60:6+36:6=10+6=16$

Therefore, Jared can put 16 books in each shelf.