For a party of 250 people, the caterer decided that each person should receive a 72 gram serving of glazed carrots.

Question

Question: How many bags of frozen carrots should be ordered if each bag weighs 1.5 pounds?

 

Answer 1

There are 250 people and each person receives 72 grams of carrots.

250*72=18,000 grams are needed

one pound equals 453.592 grams

1.5 pounds=1.5*453.592=680.388 grams

18,000/680.388≈26.455 bags and since you can't buy part of a bag you need 27 bags altogether