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3. Matha Cola bottles are sold in six-packs, 12-packs, and 20-packs.  What is the fewest
 
 
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5. Matha Cola bottles are sold in six-packs, 12-packs, and 20-packs.  What is the fewest
 
 
number of packs you must buy to get exactly 78 bottles of Matha Cola?
 
number of packs you must buy to get exactly 78 bottles of Matha Cola?
  

Revision as of 22:01, 29 January 2011

These are equivalent problems, but modified in form but preserving original math idea.

1. Shannon multiplies a number by 2 and gets 64 as her answer. However, she should have divided the number by 2 to get the correct answer. What is the correct answer?

(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 128 (E) 256

2. Kent bought five notebooks from Pay-More at a cost of 4 dollars each. Pay-More had a 25%-off sale a week later. How much could Kent have saved on the purchase by waiting for the sale?

All numbers are in dollars: (A) $1.00 (B)$2.50 (C) $5.00 (D)$7.50 (E) $10.00

3. Matha Cola bottles are sold in six-packs, 12-packs, and 20-packs. What is the fewest number of packs you must buy to get exactly 78 bottles of Matha Cola?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 13

Answers: 1.B 2.C 3.B