During a harvest, a farmer filled 70 containers each with 42 ears of corn. When he was repacking the ears for shipment, he placed them in 5 crates.

How many ears of corn did he put in each crate?
A. 598
B. 593
C. 578
D. 588

Question

During a harvest, a farmer filled 70 containers each with 42 ears of corn. When he was repacking the ears for shipment, he placed them in 5 crates. 

How many ears of corn did he put in each crate?
	A. 	 598
	B. 	 593
	C. 	 578
	D. 	 588

kewlgeek555 · Answer

Okay.  Let's see what you know.  Each container has 42 ears of corn.  The farmer divided 70 containers into 5 crates.  Do you maybe know now what you should do?

anonymous · Answer

Divides 70/5

kewlgeek555 · Answer

I mean, what is 70 divided by 5?

anonymous · Answer

I get 14

kewlgeek555 · Answer

Okay.  That is correct.  Do you know what that 14 represents?

anonymous · Answer

nooooooooo

kewlgeek555 · Answer

It means that there are 14 containers in each crate.  Do you remember how many ears of corn are in each container?

anonymous · Answer

42

kewlgeek555 · Answer

What do you think you have to do now?  Remember, you have to find out how many ears of corn there are in each crate.  You know that there are 42 ears of corn in each container, and there are 14 containers in each crate. c;