Question

There were 42 mangoes in each crate. 12 such crates of mangoes were delivered to a factory. 4 mangoes were rotten and had to be thrown away. The remaining mangoes were packed into boxes of 10 mangoes each. How many boxes of mangoes were there?

Answer 1

Step 1: Find the total number of mangoes delivered.
12 × 42 = 504
The total number of mangoes delivered was 504.

Step 2: Find the number of remaining mangoes.
4 mangoes were rotten, hence
504 – 4 = 500

Step 3: Find the number of boxes of mangoes.
Number of boxes = $\frac{\text{Number of remaining mangoes}}{\text{Number of mangoes in each boxes}}$
$=\frac{500}{10}$

Quoteint = 50
$\therefore$ There were 50 boxes of mangoes.