Question

A fruit stand has 200 apples. They order 19 bags with 12 apple each. They sell 42 bags that have 8 apples each. The owner says they now have about 120 apples.

Is the owner's estimate reasonable?


The owner’s answer is reasonable. They ordered about 320 apples and sold about 240 so they should have about 80 fewer apples than they started with.

The owner’s estimate is not reasonable. They ordered about 320 apples and sold about 240 so they should have about 80 more apples than they started with.

The owner’s estimate is reasonable. They ordered about 240 apples and sold about 320 so they should have about 80 fewer apples than they started with.

The owner’s estimate is not reasonable. They ordered about 240 apples and sold about 240 so they should have about the same number of apples as they started with.

Answer 1

Your best answer is C.

Round up 19 bags they ordered to 20, then multiply by 12 to get 240 apples they ordered.

Round down the 42 to 40. 40 x 8 = 320 apples sold.

200 to start + 240 ordered = 440 apples
440-320 = 120