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Nanyang 2025 P6 Maths Prelim — Paper 1 Booklet B Q25 Solution

Paper 1 Booklet B · Q25 · 2 marks · Whole Numbers

Question

Dan packed 840 books into 2 crates and 3 boxes. The number of books he packed into each crate was twice as many as the number of books he packed into each box. How many books did he pack into each box?
Answer: 120

Worked solution

  1. Let each box hold $1$ unit. Each crate holds $2$ units. Total $= 2 \times 2 + 3 \times 1 = 7$ units $= 840$. So $1$ unit $= 840 \div 7 = 120$ books per box.

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