Question

Mike needs to eat less than 2000 calories in a day.He already ate 1780 calories and wants to eat a few more snacks that are 85 calories each. Write an inequality to find out how many snacks Mike can eat.

Answer 1

Mike can eat 2 more snacks.

Explanation:

2,000-1,780=220

220 divided by 85=2.5

Since he wants to eat less than 2,000, than you would round it to 2.