Question

Mikey is very picky and insists that his mom make his breakfast with equal parts of cereal and apple juice any other combination and it ends up on the floor. Cereal costs 4 cents per tablespoon and apple juice costs 6 cents per tablespoon. If Mikey's mom budgets $8 per month for Mikey's breakfast, how much cereal and juice does she buy?
Select one: a. 40 tablespoons of cereal and 75 tablespoons of juice

b. 100 tablespoons of cereal and 67 tablespoons of juice

c. 80 tablespoons each of cereal and juice

d. 40 tablespoons each of cereal and juice Previous page

Answer 1

Answer: Mikey's mom will buy 80 tablespoons each of cereal and juice. Option C.

Explanation:

We will get the correct option by calculating each option thus:

Cereal = 4 cents per tablespoon.

Juice = 6 cents per tablespoon.

Option A. 40 tablespoons of cereal and 75 tablespoons of juice.

40 tablespoons of cereal X 4 cents = 160 cents = $1.6

75 tablespoons of juice X 6 cents = 450 cents = $4.5

Option A gives a total of $6.1 (WRONG).

Option B. 100 tablespoons of cereal and 67 tablespoons of juice

100 tablespoons of cereal X 4 cents = 400 cents = $4

67 tablespoons of juice X 6 cents = 372 cents = $3.72

Option B gives a total of $7.72 (WRONG).

Option C. 80 tablespoons each of cereal and juice.

80 tablespoons of cereal X 4 cents = 320 cents = $3.2

80 tablespoons of juice X 6 cents = 480 cents = $4.8

Option C gives a total of $8 (CORRECT)

Option D. 40 tablespoons each of cereal and juice.

40 tablespoons of cereal X 4 cents = 160 cents = $1.6

40 tablespoons of juice X 6 cents = 240 cents = $2.4

Option D gives a total of $4 (WRONG)

Therefore, the correct option is C.