Question

Five sixth-grade classes collected canned food for the local food bank. Each class collected a different number of cans. Use the following clues to determine how many cans were collected in each class.
The five classes that collected cans include two classes with totals in the three hundreds, two classes with totals in the four hundreds, and one class with a total in the five hundreds.
The smallest total was 308 cans.
The range of the total cans collected was 262.
The median number of cans collected was 421.
The total of the two classes in the three hundreds was 706.
The total number of cans collected from all the classes was 2,130 cans.


List the classes from least to greatest.

Answer 1

Answer:

308, 398, 421, 433, 570

Step-by-step explanation:

To start we know the smallest is 308 cans, so that is the first class.

Next, it says the range is 262. The range is maximum minus the minimum. Since we know the minimum(308), that means 308 + 262 = 570 and 570 is the maximum or the class with most collected cans.

Then, it says the median or the middle number is 421, the middle number in a class is 3. So, the third class collected a total of 421 cans.

After that, it says the two classes in the three hundred, or the first and second class, has a total of 706 cans. So, if we do 706 - 308 we get the second class. Which collected 398 cans.

Finally, it says the total all the class collected is 2130. So, if we add all the values we have know and subtract it from the total of all the class we get the missing class or the fourth class. So, 308 + 398 + 421 + 570 = 1697, and 2130 -1697 = 433. Which the fourth class.

Least to greatest:

308

398

421

433

570