Problema Solution

Jared picked 582 oranges in the morning and 898 in the afternoon. If a crate of oranges contains 40 oranges, how many crates of oranges will Jared have picked?

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Let 'x' represent the number of crates.

582 + 898 = 40x

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x = 37 crates

Jared picked up 37 crates of oranges.