Question

The label on a granola cereal box indicates that it contains 40 grams of total carbohydrate, 13 grams of sugar, and 240 Calories per serving. What percent of Calories in a serving comes from sugar? a. 12% b. 22% c. 45% d. 67%

Answer 1

Answer:

b. 22%

Explanation:

In order to calculate the percent of calories coming from sugar, it is necessary to know that

• 1 g of sugar provides 4 calories.

It is provided in the question that,

• There are 13 grams of sugar in one serving of granola cereal box.
• There are 240 calories in one serving of granola cereal box.

Calculating the calories coming from sugar,

13 x 4= 52 calories

Hence, calculating the percent of calories coming from sugar,

$\frac{52}{240}$ x100 = 21.6% approximated to 22%

Therefore, 22% of calories come from sugar in a serving of granola cereal box.