Minimum number of packets

Minimum number of packets

Secondary 2
3 marks
TGM Original Questions

A craft club needs at least 950 beads for a display. The beads are sold in packets of 28. Given that the number of packets is \(p\), form an inequality in \(p\) and hence find the minimum number of packets the club must buy and the number of unused beads left.[3]

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Answer:\(28p\ge950\); minimum \(34\) packets; \(2\) beads unused.

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