Question

A sandwich shop serves 4 ounces of meat and 3 ounces of cheese on each sandwich. After making sandwiches for an hour, the shop owner has used 91 combined ounces of meat and cheese.

How many ounces total of meat and cheese are used on each sandwich?
ounces
How many sandwiches were made in the hour?
sandwiches
How many ounces of meat were used?
ounces
How many ounces of cheese were used?
ounces

Answer 1

7 oz

13 sandwiches

52 oz meat

39 oz cheese

Explanation:

4 + 3 = 7

Each sandwich uses a combined 7 oz of meat and cheese

91/7 = 13

13 sandwiches

13 × 4 = 52

52 oz meat

13 × 3 = 39

39 oz cheese