Question

Daria needs to fill 4 gift baskets equally with bags of candy and boxes of cookies. She has 12 bags of candy and 8 boxes of cookies and wants to give all of them away.

Which expression should be used to determine the total number of bags of candy and boxes of cookies she will place in each basket?

(A) (12 + 8) * 4
(B) 12 + (8 divided by 4)
(C) (12 divided by 4) + (8 divided by 4)
(D) (12 + 8) divided by (8 + 12)

Answer 1

(C) (12 divided by 4) + (8 divided by 4)

Explanation:

(12 ÷ 4) + (8 ÷ 4) = ?

3 + 2 = ?

5

• Therefore, each gift basket have 5 total numbers of candies and cookies combined.

• Therefore, each gift basket have 3 candies and 2 cookies.

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