There were 42 mangoes in each crate. Twelve such crates of mangoes were delivered to a factory. Four mangoes were rotten and had to be thrown away. The remaining mangoes were packed into boxes of10 mangoes each. How many boxes of mangoes were there?
[(42 * 12) - 4] / 10 = ?
To find out how many boxes of mangoes there were, we need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Calculate the total number of mangoes in the crates.
Since there were 42 mangoes in each crate, the total number of mangoes in all the crates can be found by multiplying 42 by the number of crates:
Total mangoes = 42 * 12 = 504
Step 2: Subtract the number of rotten mangoes.
Given that 4 mangoes were rotten, we subtract that from the total number of mangoes:
Remaining mangoes = Total mangoes - Rotten mangoes
Remaining mangoes = 504 - 4 = 500
Step 3: Determine the number of boxes needed.
Since each box can hold 10 mangoes, we divide the remaining mangoes by 10 to find out how many boxes are needed:
Number of boxes = Remaining mangoes / Mangoes per box
Number of boxes = 500 / 10 = 50
Therefore, there were 50 boxes of mangoes.
To find the total number of mangoes that were delivered to the factory, we need to multiply the number of crates by the number of mangoes in each crate. In this case, there were twelve crates with 42 mangoes in each crate.
12 crates * 42 mangoes/crate = 504 mangoes
However, four of these mangoes were rotten and had to be thrown away, so we need to subtract them from the total.
504 mangoes - 4 rotten mangoes = 500 mangoes
Next, we need to determine how many boxes of mangoes can be packed with 10 mangoes each. To do this, we divide the total number of mangoes by the number of mangoes in each box.
500 mangoes รท 10 mangoes/box = 50 boxes
Therefore, there were 50 boxes of mangoes.