1. **State the problem:** A grocery store had 2,418 boxes of cereal on Monday. By Friday, customers had bought 1,146 boxes. The remaining boxes were organized evenly on 24 shelves. We need to find how many boxes are on each shelf. 2. **Write the number sentence:** The remaining boxes are the total boxes minus the boxes bought: $$2418 - 1146$$. These remaining boxes are divided evenly among 24 shelves, so the number of boxes per shelf is $$\frac{2418 - 1146}{24}$$. 3. **Calculate the remaining boxes:** $$2418 - 1146 = 1272$$. 4. **Divide the remaining boxes by the number of shelves:** $$\frac{1272}{24}$$. 5. **Simplify the division:** $$\frac{\cancel{1272}}{\cancel{24}} = 53$$ because $$24 \times 53 = 1272$$. 6. **Final answer:** There are **53 boxes** on each shelf.