Question

Six salads cost £4.80, bread rolls cost 75p each. 66 friends buy a large salad and 12 bread rolls, then split the cost equally. How much does each person pay?

a. £0.55
b. £0.60
c. £0.65
d. £0.70

Answer 1

Upon calculating the total cost of salads and bread rolls and dividing by 66 friends, each person should pay approximately £0.94. However, the correct value is not listed among the given answer choices-discrepancy.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is Mathematics as it involves calculating the total cost and dividing the cost among a number of people to find out how much each person should pay. The question falls into the Middle School grade category.

Step-by-Step Calculation

Firstly, we need to calculate the cost of the salads and bread rolls for 66 friends. Salads cost £4.80 for six so one salad costs £4.80 / 6 = £0.80. Therefore, the cost for a large salad for each of the 66 friends is 66 x £0.80 = £52.80.

Next, each bread roll costs 75p and 66 friends buy 12 rolls in total. So the cost of the bread rolls is 12 x £0.75 = £9.00.

The total cost for the salads and bread rolls is £52.80 + £9.00 = £61.80. To find out how much each person pays, we divide the total cost by the number of friends, which is £61.80 / 66 = £0.9357 approximately. This value rounds to £0.94 when considering the nearest pence, meaning each person pays about £0.94, which is not listed in the answer choices.