Question

A cargo ship encounters a storm on the high seas and is delayed by two weeks.
Once it reaches its destination, the crew discover that $$ out of the $$ crates of fruit it carried have spoilt during the delay.
The crates were being shipped for $$ different customers.
The crew decide that the remaining unspoilt crates ought to be divided equally among the customers and that whatever remains can be sold separately.

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Using a calculator, find the number of crates of fruit each customer will receive.

Answer 1

I don’t have the numbers — the problem text you pasted has $$ placeholders where the totals should be. Can you tell me:
- total number of crates shipped (T),
- number spoilt during the delay (S),
- number of customers (N)?

Until then, here’s the general method and formula you can use (and how to do it on a calculator):

1. Compute remaining unspoilt crates: R = T − S.
2. Number of crates each customer receives = floor(R ÷ N) (the whole‑number part of the division).
3. Crates left to be sold = R mod N = R − N × floor(R ÷ N).

Calculator steps:
- Enter T, press −, enter S, press = → gives R.
- Enter R, press ÷, enter N, press = → gives a decimal. The integer part is how many crates each customer gets.
- To find the remainder: multiply that integer by N and subtract from R (or use R − N × integer part).

Example: T = 220, S = 18, N = 12
- R = 220 − 18 = 202
- 202 ÷ 12 = 16.833… → each customer gets 16 crates
- Remainder = 202 − 12×16 = 202 − 192 = 10 crates to be sold

Give me T, S and N and I’ll compute the exact answer for your case.