Preston 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. Preston works out that 1,606 containers are on the ship now. Does that sound about right?(A)Yes.(B)No, it is much too high.(C)No, it is much too low.
Q. Preston 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. Preston works out that 1,606 containers are on the ship now. Does that sound about right?(A)Yes.(B)No, it is much too high.(C)No, it is much too low.
Calculate Total Initial Containers: Step 1: Add up all the containers loaded initially.202 containers of fruit + 197 containers of bottled water + 402 containers of clothing + 506 containers of wood = 1307 containers.
Subtract Mistakenly Loaded Containers: Step 2: Subtract the containers that were loaded by mistake. 1307 containers −299 containers =1008 containers.
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