Jamie bought 23 cases of soda for her party. Each case contains a dozen cans.

Question

Jamie bought 23 cases of soda for her party. Each case contains a dozen cans.

 

a. If her guests drank 223 cans of soda, how many cases were used? (Express your answer as a mixed number) 

 

b. How many sodas were left over? 

 

c. How many cases of soda were left over? (express your answer as a mixed number) 

Answer 1

Genesis,

Let's start with the fact that Jamie bought 23 cases (@ 12 cans per case) = 276 cans.

 

276 - 223 = 53 cans left over but we want a mixed number (of cases), so 53 / 12 = 4 cases and 5 cans or 4 5/12.

 

I hope this helps!

 

Neal