Question

What sort of answer do you expect for the problem below?

Hosting a breakfast brunch for 25 people, you plan to serve scrambled eggs. The grocery store sells eggs in cartons, and each carton can feed 4 people. How many cartons of eggs must you buy to ensure each guest a serving?

A. a negative number
B. a positive number

Answer 1

Answer: To determine the number of cartons to buy, we simply divide the total number of people to be fed to the number of people that can be fed per one carton of eggs. We do as follows:

Number of carton of eggs = 25 people / 4 people/carton

Number of carton of eggs = 6.25 carton

It would be rounded of to 7 cartons since we cannot buy only 1/4 of a carton.

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