Question

A grocery store gets a shipment of 15 boxes of apples. Each box of apples contains 72 apples. How many total apples are in the shipment?

A) 1,080
B) 720
C) 10,800
D) 15

Answer 1

To find the total number of apples in the shipment, multiply the number of boxes (15) by the number of apples per box (72), giving a total of 1,080 apples.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is asking us to determine the total apples in a shipment where a grocery store receives 15 boxes, and each box contains 72 apples. To find the total, we need to multiply the number of boxes by the number of apples per box.

Total apples = Number of boxes × Apples per box

Total apples = 15 × 72

Total apples = 1080

Therefore, the total number of apples in the shipment is 1,080, which corresponds to option A).