Question

At a donut shop, there are 97 donuts in a display case and 4 boxes of donuts, each with 2 dozen inside. The owner works out that there are 196 donuts in total. Does that sound about right?

a. Yes
b. No

Answer 1

The owner of the donut shop calculated 196 donuts in total, but upon calculating the sum of donuts in the display case and boxes, the correct total is 193 donuts.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is asking whether the total number of donuts, including those on display and those in boxes, equals 196 as calculated by the owner of the donut shop.

Initially, there are 97 donuts in a display case. Additionally, there are 4 boxes of donuts with each box containing 2 dozen donuts. Since a dozen refers to 12 items, two dozen would be 24 items. So, each box contains 24 donuts. To find out the total number of donuts in the boxes, we can multiply the number of boxes by the number of donuts per box: 4 boxes × 24 donuts/box = 96 donuts.

Now, to find the total number of donuts, we add the donuts from the display case and the donuts from the boxes together: 97 donuts + 96 donuts = 193 donuts.

Therefore, the owner's calculation of 196 donuts is not correct. The correct total should be 193 donuts.