A box weighs 2 kg when empty, and a full box weighs 10 kg. If it contains only apples, and each apple weighs 0.5 kg, how many apples are in the box?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Subtract the weight of the box from the total weight.
Answer
16
Explanation
The apples weigh 10 kg - 2 kg = 8 kg, and 8 kg / 0.5 kg per apple = 16 apples.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 16.
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