It is asking you to find out the number of full boxes of 24 can be made from 5,847 pencils.
So, you must divide 5,847 by 24.
24 pencils are put into each box.
How many full boxes are there?
It is asking you to find out the number of full boxes of 24 can be made from 5,847 pencils.
So, you must divide 5,847 by 24.
The answer to the division is 243 r15
But you need to say how many full boxes there are.
So the answer to the question is 243 boxes.
Using the inverse to multiply 243 by 24 is a good way to check, but don't forget to add the remainder of 15 at the end!