Actually, chicken eggs are sold in multiple of six. You can buy packages of six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, and at wholesale retailers like Costco or Sams Club thirty-six. There are some stores today that will sell eggs as they were sold 100 years ago, in any quantity you want. If you look at the twelve pack of eggs in your fridge you'll notice that you can easily break or cut the container in half, and have two six egg packages.
No one really knows why they are sold this way. Up and through the 1920's eggs were sold at the counter at markets, placed in a paper bag when purchased and carried home. Sometime in the 1930's the egg trays were introduced, and buyers would place their purchases in the trays, easing breakage. But why multiples of six, it isn't known.
Egg producers in the United Kingdom were considering a round egg carton that held seven eggs in it back in 2002, the marketing reason for the change was, "an egg a day," for the buyer.
There are several good theories.
As an aside the baker's dozen of 13 units relates to selling by the dozen and adding one extra to ensure the minimum weight requirements were met.
A dozen.
24 eggs is 2 dozen.
a dozen
Usually per dozen.
Well, 3,000 times 12 (eggs in a dozen) =36,000 eggs.
There is no definite answer since eggs come packaged in different amounts. The most common package holds 12 eggs (one dozen)
Well, if a chicken lays 257 eggs then that makes 257 eggs--exactly, or about 21 and a half dozen.
It takes 12 eggs to make a dozen. If 1.5 chickens produce 1.5 eggs, then 1 chicken produces 1 egg, and it takes 12 chickens to produce 1 dozen eggs.
1 dozen = 12 so, 3000 dozen eggs = 3000 x 12 individual eggs = 36000 eggs were sold last week
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Chicken eggs are the white or sometimes brown eggs you find in the grocery store neatly packaged in egg cartons. If you want farm-fresh eggs, you can check your local farmer's market, local butcher shop or see if anyone is advertising the eggs.
Each chicken takes a day and a half to lay one egg. So in 24 days each chicken can lay 2/3 of 24 = 16 eggs. There are 24 chicken so, in all, 24*16 = 384 eggs can be laid.