Question

2. A bakery makes muffins and cookies. Muffins are sold 18 to a box and cookies are sold 25 to a bag. They do not sell individual muffins or cookies. (a) On Saturday, the bakery made 1020 muffins. How many full boxes did the bakery use for the muffins they plan to sell on Saturday? Show your work. (b) On Monday, the bakery made 2820 cookies. How many full bags did the bakery use for the cookies they plan to sell on Monday? Show your work. (c) Look at your work from Part (a) and (b). What do the remainders represent in each problem?

Answer 1

a) if 18 muffins = 1 box,
1020 muffins = 1020/18 boxes
= 56.67 boxes

So they used 56 full boxes.

b) if 25 cookies = 1 bag
2820 cookies = 2820/25 bags
= 112.8 bags

So they used 112 full bags.

c) the remainders from a and b represent muffins and cookies left over.