Question

1. Gracie and her son Landon are celebrating spring with an egg hunt! Gracie has hidden eggs filled with candy

for Landon to find.

(a) Landon finds a total of 27 eggs. One third of the eggs have 4 pieces of candy, the rest have 2 pieces of
candy. How many pieces of candy did Landon get?

(b) Gracie offers him a deal: he can either have three pieces of candy now, or if he waits until after lunch he
can have one-seventh of his candy. Which way gets Landon the most candy?

Answer 1

b.72×1/7=10.28

I think he can wait untul after lunch time

Explanation:

Hope this right.But if it's not,im so sorry...Have a nice day

Answer 2

a is 72 total pieces of candy

b is more candy if he waits and gets one-seventh

Explanation:

a. 9 eggs have 4 so 9x4=36

leaving 18 eggs with 2 so 18x2=36

36+36=72 total

b. 3 now or...

1/7 x 72 = 10.28