Question

5472 apples were harvested from 12 apple trees. If all of the trees produced equal number of apples, how many apples did each tree produce?

Answer 1

Total number of apples harvested = 5472
Number of apple trees = 12
Since all the apple trees have produced equal number of apples, we need to divide 5472 by 12 to get the number of apples produced of each of them.
\(\require{enclose}\)
\begin{array}{c}
~~~~456\\[-3pt]
12\enclose{longdiv}{5472} \\[-3pt]
-\underline{48}\phantom{2} \\[-3pt]
~~~~~67 \\[-3pt]
-\underline{~60}\\[-3pt]
~~~~~~~~72\\[-3pt]
~~~-\underline{72}\\[-3pt]
~~~~~~~~~~0\\[-3pt]
\end{array}
Thus, the apple trees produced 456 apples each.