Answer
The school needs to collect 2632 box tops per week.
Work Step by Step
We know from Exercise #59 that a school would need to collect 100,000 box tops to earn the maximum amount. To find out the number collected per week in 38 weeks, we divide:
$~~~~~~~~~~2631.5$
$38\overline{)100000.0}$
$~~~~~~~~\underline{76}$
$~~~~~~~~~240$
$~~~~~~~~~\underline{228}$
$~~~~~~~~~~~120$
$~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{114}$
$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~60$
$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{38}$
$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~220$
$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{190}$
$~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~30$
We can stop the division with the remainder of 30 because we only need to round to the nearest whole number:
$2631.5\approx 2632$ box tops
Thus the school needs to collect 2632 box tops per week.
