Paul had some bags of caramel apples and some packets of mini cupcakes. Each bag contained 4 caramel apples and each packet contained 6 mini cupcakes. The total number of bags of caramel apples and packets of mini cupcakes that he had was 35. He had 95 more mini cupcakes than caramel apples. How many bags of caramel apples did Paul have?
Number of packets
of mini cupcakes |
Number of
mini cupcakes |
Number of bags
of caramel apples |
Number of
caramel apples |
More mini cupcakes
than caramel apples |
35
|
35 x 6 =
210 |
0
|
0 x 4 =
0 |
210 - 0 =
210 |
34
|
34 x 6 =
204 |
1
|
1 x 4 =
4 |
204 - 4 =
200 |
23.5
|
23.5 x 6 =
141 |
11.5
|
11.5 x 4 =
46 |
141 - 46 =
95 |
Total number of packets of mini cupcakes if all are mini cupcakes
= 35 x 6
= 210
Big difference between the total number of mini cupcakes and caramel apples
= 210 - 95
= 115
Small difference between the number of mini cupcakes in one packet and the number of caramel apples in one bag
= 210 - 200
= 10
Number of bags of caramel apples
= 115 ÷ 10
= 11.5
Answer(s): 11.5
