Vince ships boxes of lasagna in insulated containers.

Vince has 400 boxes of lasagna to ship.
Each insulated container can hold 15 boxes of lasagna.
Each insulated container costs $9.35 to ship regardless of the number of boxes of lasagna in it.
He wants to use the least number of insulated containers as possible.
 

How much will it cost Vince to ship the boxes of lasagna?

To determine how much it will cost Vince to ship the 400 boxes of lasagna, we can break down the problem into steps:

### Step 1: Find the number of containers needed.
Each container holds 15 boxes of lasagna. Therefore, to find how many containers Vince needs, we divide the total number of boxes by the number of boxes each container can hold:

\[
\frac{400 \, \text{boxes}}{15 \, \text{boxes per container}} = 26.67
\]

Since Vince cannot use a fraction of a container, he will need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, Vince needs 27 containers to ship all 400 boxes.

### Step 2: Calculate the total shipping cost.
Each container costs $9.35 to ship. So, the total cost to ship 27 containers is:

\[
27 \times 9.35 = 252.45
\]

Thus, the total cost for Vince to ship the 400 boxes of lasagna is **$252.45**.

Would you like more details on any of the steps, or have further questions?

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Here are 5 related questions to explore further:

1. What if Vince only had 300 boxes to ship, how many containers would be needed?
2. If the cost of shipping each container increased to $10.50, how would that change the total cost?
3. What if each container could hold 20 boxes instead of 15? How would that impact the number of containers?
4. What if Vince wanted to minimize costs by filling the containers differently? How could that be optimized?
5. If Vince had 1000 boxes to ship, what would be the total cost?

**Tip:** When dividing items into containers, always consider rounding up if a fraction appears, as you can't have partial containers.

Vince ships boxes of lasagna in insulated containers. Vince has 400 boxes of lasagna to ship. Each insulated container can hold 15 boxes of lasagna. Each insulated container costs $9.35 to ship regardless of the number of boxes of lasagna in it. He wants to use the least number of insulated containers as possible. How much will it cost Vince to ship the boxes of lasagna?

Learn how to calculate the shipping cost for 400 boxes of lasagna using division and rounding. This step-by-step guide covers how to determine the number of containers needed and the total shipping cost. Suitable for students in Grades 5-7.

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