Question
A farmer planted $1890$ tomato plants in a field in rows each having $63$ plants. A certain type of worm destroyed $18$ plants in each row. How many plants did the worm destroy in the whole field?

Answer

Farmer planted total plants $= 1890$ Plants in each row $= 63$
Number of rows $=\frac{1890}{63}= 30$ Worm destroys plants in $1$ row $= 18$
$\therefore$ Worm destroys plants in $30$ rows $= 18 \times 30 = 540$
Hence, the worm destroyed $540$ plants in the whole field.

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