Question

There are 28 boxes with 30 sweets in each box. If the same number of sweets is now packed with 12 sweets in each box, how many boxes would be needed? ​

Answer 1

Answer :

We need Total 70 Boxes to pack 840 sweets with each box containing 12 sweets

Step-by-step Explanation :

Given : Number of Boxes = 28

Number of sweets in each box = 30

To find : how many Boxes would be needed to pack all the sweets if each box contains 12 sweets each = ?

In 1st situation we have,

1 box ------------ 30 sweets

28 boxes -------- ? Sweets

( Simply do cross multiplication )

We get ,

840 sweets

Therefore we have total 840 sweets.

In 2nd situation we have ,

1 box ---------- 12 sweets

? boxes ----------- 840 ( since same number of sweets needs to be packed)

( Simply do cross multiplication )

We get,

70 boxes

Therefore we need Total 70 Boxes to pack 840 sweets with each box containing 12 sweets