Question

Tom had 240$ to buy drinks and sandwiches for his class party. He bought 22 boxes of drinks at 4$ per box. He spent the rest of the money on 8 boxes of sandwiches. A. Howmuch did the drinks cost in total? B. How much did each box of sandwiches cost?

Answer 1

ANSWERS:
A.) The drinks cost $152 in total.
B.) Each box of sandwiches cost $19.


WORK:
22 boxes × $4 = $88
$240 - $88 = $152
$152 to buy 8 boxes of sandwiches
$152 ÷ 8 = $19

Answer 2

In the given question, there are several information's of immense importance. using these given information's the required answer can be easily deduced. It has already been given that Tom has a total amount of $240. He bought 22 boxes of drinks at $4 per box. rest he spent on buying the 8 boxes of sandwiches.
A. The amount of money the drinks cost in total = (22 * 4) dollars
                                                                             = 88 dollars
So Tom spent $88 on the drinks
B. Now we have to first find the amount spent by Tom on the box of sandwiches.
Total amount spent by Tom on sandwiches = (240 - 88) dollars
                                                                     = 152 dollars
Then the amount of money spent by Tom for buying 1 box of sandwich = (152/8) dollars
                                                                                                                   = 19 dollars
So Tom had to pay $19 for buying a single box of sandwich.