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[tlcmurphy]

500 eggs divided by 12 equals 41.67 dozen eggs.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Did you mean 24 dozen PLUS 20 dozen, not times, in the one I first looked at? Different symbol rather than wrong word.

But if you add up all those amounts, you end up with 64 dozen eggs altogether, which makes 768 total eggs, which is more than you need.


For the operations you are showing on the calculator, you have:
24 x 20 (Probably 24 eggs per carton, times 20 cartons?)
Plus 20 more eggs (single eggs, not dozens)

That math does come out to 500, it's just that none of it involves actual dozens, since a dozen is 12. It looks like you're figuring for cartons that hold 2 dozen eggs each (24 eggs per carton.)

I'm calculating for amount of Dozens. I've already showed in a screenshot.

I added 12 + 12 at the beginning to get 24, then multiplied by 20 Dozen to get 480, then Added(+) in an extra 20 Dozen for 500.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Something wrong with the labeling there? I see a bunch of things labeled "dozen" that don't make sense.

To get 500 eggs, I would use:
41 dozens and 8 single eggs, or just round up to 42 dozens

41 dozens = 492 eggs because 41 * 12 = 492
plus 8 single eggs because 492 + 8 = 500
Or 42 dozens = 504 eggs because 42 * 12 = 504

I'm not the best with math. Your solution works as well. I must rely on a calculator as my brain isn't how it used to be years ago.

 

[NatJ]

I'm calculating for amount of Dozens. I've already showed in a screenshot.

I added 12 + 12 at the beginning to get 24, then multiplied by 20 Dozen to get 480, then Added(+) in an extra 20 Dozen for 500.

Why did you add 12 + 12?
There are 12 eggs in one dozen.
So 12 + 12 gives you the number of eggs in 2 dozens.

And when you have 480 eggs, you do not need to add an extra 20 DOZEN eggs, you would just need 20 individual eggs. 20 eggs is more than one dozen but less than 2 dozen.

To put it another way:
504 = 42 x 12
So 504 eggs is the same as 42 dozen eggs (with 12 eggs in each dozen)

I'm not the best with math. Your solution works as well. I must rely on a calculator as my brain isn't how it used to be years ago.

Unfortunately, the calculator just adds or multiplies the numbers you give it. It has no idea what is supposed to be dozens, or single eggs, or anything else.

For this, divide 500 eggs by 12 to get the number of dozens. The answer is 41 and some decimal. So if each egg carton holds one dozen eggs, you need 42 cartons. Since 42 cartons will actually hold 504 eggs, you can leave 4 spaces empty in the last carton. (42 x 12 = 504)

[Edited to fix my numbers because I had a bunch of them off by one]

 

[MysteryChicken]

Why did you add 12 + 12?
There are 12 eggs in one dozen.
So 12 + 12 gives you the number of eggs in 2 dozens.

And when you have 480 eggs, you do not need to add an extra 20 DOZEN eggs, you would just need 20 individual eggs. 20 eggs is more than one dozen but less than 2 dozen.

To put it another way:
504 = 43 x 12
So 504 eggs is the same as 43 dozen eggs (with 12 eggs in each dozen)


Unfortunately, the calculator just adds or multiplies the numbers you give it. It has no idea what is supposed to be dozens, or single eggs, or anything else.

For this, divide 500 eggs by 12 to get the number of dozens. The answer is 42 and some decimal. So if each egg carton holds one dozen eggs, you need 43 cartons. Since 43 cartons will actually hold 504 eggs, you can leave 4 spaces empty in the last carton. (43 x 12 = 504)

12 + 12 was just to get 2 dozen. Since 2 dozen is 24.

Math is just not my thing.

Good thing I can get a lot of eggs cartons, plus I have some in storage.

I do have 2, 24 count cartons, I got some 18 counts in storage, plus dozen cartons, plus some half dozen cartons in storage.

If I were to go a route of mixed carton sizes to get 500 eggs with 12, 18s, & 24, how would it work?

 

[tlcmurphy]

12 + 12 was just to get 2 dozen. Since 2 dozen is 24.

Math is just not my thing.

Good thing I can get a lot of eggs cartons, plus I have some in storage.

I do have 2, 24 count cartons, I got some 18 counts in storage, plus dozen cartons, plus some half dozen cartons in storage.

If I were to go a route of mixed carton sizes to get 500 eggs with 12, 18s, & 24, how would it work?

Completely depends on how many of each you used. I would just keep a running tally if I were you

 

[NatJ]

If I were to go a route of mixed carton sizes to get 500 eggs with 12, 18s, & 24, how would it work?

I agree with this:

Completely depends on how many of each you used. I would just keep a running tally if I were you

Yes, a running tally would be the way to go. It can be a list on paper, or in a cell phone or computer, or even a chain of email messages (I have tracked some things with emails like "2 dozen eggs today, which means 24 added to the previous 72, so the current total is 96.") A benefit of emails is that both sides can see how it adds up.

With just one size carton, you could use:
12 eggs per carton, 42 cartons makes 504 eggs
18 eggs per carton, 28 cartons makes 504 eggs
24 eggs per carton, 21 cartons makes 504 eggs

But you can use any combination that you have available at the time.

One example with mixed sizes:
18-egg cartons x 3 = 54 eggs
24-egg cartons x 3 = 72 eggs
12-egg cartons x 32 = 384 eggs
Total = 510 eggs, so you would leave 10 spaces empty in the last carton

If you are trying to make exactly 500 eggs with no empty spots in the carton, I do not think there is any set of cartons that will make it come out perfectly, so just adjust the number in the last carton to make it right, or over-pay by a few eggs if you don't want to hand over a partly-filled carton.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'll get pictures of the first two coops once finished.

 

[MysteryChicken]

First coop is almost done.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Well, my Aunt did it again. Float tested eggs, 12 were either floaters, or bobbers, & had me feed them to my chickens because they're "old."

Well, I took them to my birds to be fed, each one cracked was only about 3-5 days old. You can tell by how runny the egg contents are. Oldest were about 5 days, as they were abit liquidy which are close to a week, which are still perfectly fine, just best for baking, & hard boiling, or scrambled eggs. But my birds still loved them.