Question

You have $216.00 to spend on drinks. Fruit drinks cost $2.00 and soft drinks cost $1.00. You need to buy 4 times as many soft drinks as fruit drinks. How many soft drinks should you buy? a) 152 b) 120 c) 140 d) 144

Answer 1

My method:

1. Take any answer (a, b, c, or d) and multiply by $1.00

   ex. 152*$1.00=$152.00

2. Divide your product from step 1 by 4

   ex. 152.00/4=38

3. Multiply $2.00 by your answer from step 2

   ex. 38*2.00=$76.00

4. Add both answers from steps 1 and 3 together

   ex. $152.00+$76.00=$228.00

5. Check to see if answer from step 4 is exactly $216.00. If not, then try another answer (different from the one you just used) and repeat the process.

ANSWER: d