15 * 12 = 180
14(410 - 180) = ?
Packaging Tangerines
The produce manager at the grocery store had 410 tangerines. He put some of them into 15 cartons containing 12 tangerines each. He then put the rest into 14 cartons, each containing the same number of tangerines.
How many tangerines were in each of the 14 cartons? Explain how you got the answer.
b. How many tangerines were left?
3 answers
is that a. or b.
a
The second equation should be:
(410 - 180) / 14 = ?
The second equation should be:
(410 - 180) / 14 = ?