Question

A restaurant has 2,006 forks, 1,745 knives, and 1,898 spoons. The owner wants to have the same number of each utensil. She can buy more utensils, and donate extra utensils. What should she do? I NEED HELP PLEASE

Answer 1

If she wanted to buy new utensils she could buy 108 spoons and 261 knifes then she would have 2,006 forks, spoons, and knifes. Or she could donate 261 forks and 153 spoons and have 1,745 of each utensils.  

Answer 2

Explanation:

A restaurant has 2006 forks, 1745 knives and 1898 spoons.

Owner of the restaurant wants to equalize the number of each utensil.

Least number of utensil is of knives = 1745

To make spoons equal to knives number of spoons donated = 1898 - 1745 = 153

Similarly number of forks donated = 2006 - 1745 = 261

Therefore, Number of knives and spoons donated to make them equal are 153 and 261 respectively.

Other way to equalize the numbers of knives and spoons equal to forks she can purchase more.

Number of knives to be purchased = 2006 - 1745 = 261

Number of spoons to be purchased = 2006 - 1898 = 108

Therefore, number of knives and spoons that should be purchased to equalize the numbers to forks should be = 261 and 108