Question

Five full crates of walnuts weigh 175 pounds, whereas an empty crate weighs 10 pounds.

How much do five empty crates weigh (in pounds)?

Answer 1

I’m not sure if you want the weight of all the walnuts or the weight of the walnuts in each individual crate, so the answer is either 29 pounds or 145 pounds.

195/ 5= 39, so each crate weighs 39 pounds. Subtracting 10, the walnuts in each crate weigh 29. Since there are 5 crates, multiply 5 by 29 and you get 145 pounds.