Question

Jaylen is in charge of loading a big ship. He watched his workers load 202 containers of fruit, 197 containers of bottled water, 402 containers of clothing, and 506 containers of wood. Then he realized that 299 of the containers were loaded by mistake, so those were taken off. Jaylen works out that 1,606 containers are on the ship now. Does that sound about right?

Answer 1

To determine if the number of containers on the ship sounds about right, let's calculate the revised total after the 299 containers that were loaded by mistake are taken off.

Initially, the sum of the containers was:
202 containers of fruit +
197 containers of bottled water +
402 containers of clothing +
506 containers of wood =
1,307 containers

After removing the 299 containers loaded by mistake, the revised total becomes:
1,307 - 299 = 1,008 containers

Therefore, based on the given information, the revised total should be 1,008 containers on the ship, not 1,606 containers as Jaylen initially calculated.