Question

Last Monday local mall carriers delivered 1,344 pieces of mail. Of all the deliveries they made, 1/6 were magazines, 1/12 were packages, and the rest were letters. How many letters did the mail carriers deliver on Monday?

Answer 1

1008 letters were delivered on Monday

Explanation:

Total mail received = 1344

1/6 were magazines

1/12 were packages

the rest were letters

We have to find the exact number of magazines and packages received

Magazines = 1/6 of the total mail

Magazines = 1/6 × 1344

= 224 magazines

Packages = 1/12 of the total mail

Packages = 1/12 × 1344

= 112 packages

So now that we know the exact number of packages and magazines

We add those two numbers and subtract the result from the total mail

And the remainder is the letters delivered

Magazines = 224

Packages = 112

Magazines + Packages

224+112 = 336

Therefore, the letters received = 1344 - 336

= 1008

Which means that 1008 letters were delivered