Sheet # 239/Critical Thinking
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Explain and Show Your Work
A teacher bought a bag of pretzels containing 119 pretzels and a container of fruit punch containing 87 cups of punch. If each student receives 8 pretzels and 2 cups of fruit punch for a snack, which item will the teacher run out of first? How much will be left of the other item? How many students were able to have this snack?
Answer for sheet # 239
14 students got pretzels. 1 pretzel left.
43 students got fruit punch. 1 cup left.
14 students will get the snack.