Question

A farmer is packing eggs.

Each box can hold up to 6 eggs.
The farmer has 980 eggs to pack.
How many boxes can the farmer fill using 980 eggs?

How many eggs will be left over?

Answer 1

163 boxes with 2 eggs remaining.

Explanation:

If we wanted to solve for the number of boxes the farmer can sell, we can use this equation:

total number of eggs ÷ eggs per box = number of boxes

Inserting the numbers into the equation:

• 980 ÷ 6 = 163.333333

Now, to solve for the remaining eggs:

• 6 × 163 = 978

• 980 - 978 = 2

Therefore, if a farmer has 980 eggs and each box holds 6 eggs, he will need 163 boxes and he will have 2 eggs left over.