The homegrown turkey farm is preparing their shipment. in one container they can put 8 big turkey boxes or 10 small turkey boxes. they send 96 turkey boxes using more big boxes than small boxes. how many containers did they use?

They used 11 containers. 7 containers contained 56 big turkey boxes while 4 containers contained 40 small turkey boxes. 56 is the largest number which is divisible by 8 when deducting 96 by 10. This method ensured that all the containers are shipped at full capacity.