Question

A citrus grower ships grapefruit in boxes of 10. One season, The growers shipped 20,400 boxes of grapefruit. How many grapefuit were shipped?

Answer 1

204,000 grapefruit.

There are 10 grapefruit in each box and there are 20,400 boxes; you need to multiply the number of grapefruits in each box (10) times the number of boxes (20,400) 

10x20,400=204,000

Don't forget the units! In this problem, the units are grapefruit.