Question

a company is packing cartons of candles. each carton can hold 75 candles. so far, 50 cartons have been packed, but only 30 cartons have been loaded on a truck. how many more candles are left to load on the truck?

Answer 1

If theres 50 cartons in total and 30 have been loaded then 20 have not.

20 x 75 = 1,500

So the answer is 1,500 candles.