Question

For a school fundraiser, Samantha sold 67 cases of cookies. During the same fundraiser, Landon sold 52 cases of cookies. If each case contained 16 boxes of cookies, how many more boxes did Samantha sell than Landon?

a) 180 boxes
b) 240 boxes
c) 300 boxes
d) 360 boxes

Answer 1

Samantha sold 240 more boxes of cookies than Landon, calculated by first finding the total number of boxes each sold (multiplying cases by boxes per case) and then subtracting Landon's total from Samantha's.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many more boxes Samantha sold than Landon, we need to calculate the total number of boxes each sold and then find the difference between the two. Samantha sold 67 cases and Landon sold 52 cases. Given that each case contains 16 boxes of cookies, we can compute their total sales as follows:

• Total boxes Samantha sold = Number of cases Samantha sold × Number of boxes per case = 67 cases × 16 boxes/case
• Total boxes Landon sold = Number of cases Landon sold × Number of boxes per case = 52 cases × 16 boxes/case

Now we find the difference in the number of boxes:

• Difference in boxes sold = Total boxes Samantha sold - Total boxes Landon sold
• Difference in boxes sold = (67 × 16) - (52 × 16) = 1072 boxes - 832 boxes = 240 boxes

Therefore, the answer is b) 240 boxes.