Question

A company is packing cartons of candles. Each carton can hold 72 candles. So far, 48 cartons have been packed, but only 28 cartons have been loaded on a truck. How many more candles are left to load on the truck?

Answer 1

Answer: 1440 more candles are left to load on the truck .

Explanation:

Given: Number of cartons have been packed = 48

Number of cartons have been loaded on a truck. = 28

Number of cartons left = 48-28 = 20

Number of candles in each carton = 72

Number of candles left to load on the truck = 20 x 72

= 1440

Hence, 1440 more candles are left to load on the truck .