Mason has 1,015 pounds of apples. He sells 9 bushels, 25 boxes, and 40 bags. How many pounds of apples does Mason have left?

Answer 1

Hi Kye.

The answer would depend on the weights of a bushel, a box, and a bag of apples. Are you provided with that information?

To solve this problem you would multiply the weight of each container by the number of containers.

Because you didn't supply the weights I'll just give some examples.

Bushel = 25lbs

box = 10lbs

bag = 5lbs

With these numbers you would do the following

(Total Number of Containers) x (the weight of a single container) = Total weight for those containers sold.

9 (total bushells) x 25 lbs = 225

25 (total boxes) x 10lbs = 250

40 (total bags) x 5lbs = 200

Now we can add the total weight of what he sold and subtract it from what he began with to get what he has left.

225 + 250 + 200 = 675

1015 - 675 = 340

In my example there would be 340 lbs of apples left.