Question

Tony bought 243 1-inch nails and 5 boxes of 2-inch nails. Each box of 2-inch nails had equal amounts of nails in them. He bought a total of 543 nails. Find the number of nails in each box of 2-inch nails.

Answer 1

60 each box of 2-inch nails

Explanation:

543 - 243 = 300 (total 2-inch nails)

300 ÷ 5 boxes = 60