Question

An ice cream company fills containers with 64 ounces of ice cream. The acceptable percentage of error in filling each

ice cream container is 1.5%.
Select all the expressions that could be used to find the greatest number of ounces of ice cream each container can
hold.
64(1.15)
64(1.015)
64(1.5)+64
64-64(1.5)
64(0.015)-64
64+64(0.015)

Answer 1

64(1.015)

and

64+64(0.015)

Answer 2

• 64(1.015)
• 64+64(0.015)

Explanation:

The target number is 64 and the error is 1.5%

Possible number is

64 ± 1.5% of 64 = 64 ± 0.015*64

The top limit is:

• 64 + 64(0.015) or
• 64*(1.015)

Correct choices are B and F