Question

The local community centre is organising a food drive so that they can provide meals for those in need. Three volunteers have offered to gather food items in bulk. Lance collected crates that have 8 can of tuna in each. Andre has bins that contain 4 bags of pasta in each. Amal gathered cartons with 6 boxes of oatmeal in each. The team wants to provide food hampers for 24 families. Each hamper will have three cans of tuna, one bag of pasta, and two boxes of oatmeal. How many crates of canned tuna, bins of pasta, and cartons of oatmeal will each volunteer need to bring?

Answer 1

Number of tuna cans in 1 crate = 8

Number of pasta bags in 1 bin = 4

Number of oatmeal boxes in 1 carton = 6

As the food will be provided to 24 families, each hamper will have three cans of tuna, one bag of pasta, and two boxes of oatmeal.

1 family needs = 3 cans of tuna

24 families will need =
`24*3=72` cans.

8 cans are in = 1 crate

72 cans will be =
`(72)/(8)=9` crates

1 family needs pasta = 1

24 families will need = 24 bags

4 pasta bags in = 1 bin

24 pasta bags in =
`(24)/(4)=6` bins

1 family needs oatmeal = 2 boxes

24 families need =
`24*2=48 boxes`

6 boxes are in = 1 carton

48 boxes will be in =
`(48)/(6)=8` cartons

Hence, volunteer should bring 9 tuna crates,6 pasta bins and 8 oatmeal cartons.