Question

A woman is throwing a party and has $200 to spend on snacks. She is purchasing packages of chips, c, for $1 each and Oreos, o, for $3 each. She needs to have 100 packages of snacks total. How many packages of chips and Oreos should she buy if she spends exactly $200?

Use your words to explain how you would solve the question and express your answer.

Answer 1

i would buy 33 things of oreos and 101 bags of chips because 33x3 is 99 and 101x1 is 101 and 99+101 is 200.