Question

Uncle Triston had 1,708 apples. Of these, 448 apples were rotten. He threw away the rotten apples and packed the remaining apples equally into 7 boxes. How many apples were there in each box?

a) 225 apples
b) 216 apples
c) 257 apples
d) 256 apples

Answer 1

Uncle Triston had 1,708 apples, 448 were rotten and thrown away, leaving 1,260 apples to be packed into 7 boxes. Dividing the remaining apples equally gives us 180 apples per box, which is not among the provided options.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question asks about dividing a number of apples into equal parts after removing a certain quantity. To solve this, we must first find the number of apples remaining after the rotten ones are discarded, and then divide this number equally among the boxes. Uncle Triston had 1,708 apples initially.

448 rotten apples were thrown away, leaving us with 1,708 - 448 = 1,260 apples.
These 1,260 apples were then packed into 7 boxes.
To find out how many apples were in each box, we divide the number of remaining apples by the number of boxes: 1,260 ÷ 7 = 180 apples per box.

The correct answer is none of the given options (a) 225 apples (b) 216 apples (c) 257 apples (d) 256 apples.