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A citrus grower ships grapefruit in boxes of 10. One season, The growers shipped 20,400 boxes of grapefruit. How many grapefuit were shipped?

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204,000 grapefruit.

There are 10 grapefruit in each box and there are 20,400 boxes; you need to multiply the number of grapefruits in each box (10) times the number of boxes (20,400)

10x20,400=204,000

Don't forget the units! In this problem, the units are grapefruit.
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