Question

The party supply store has 250 bags of balloons. There are 75 balloons in each bag—25 red'35 blue' and 15 green. A school needs 6,500 red balloons,9,000 blue balloons , and 4000 green balloons. Does the store have enough balloons? If not, how many more balloons of each color will the school need?

Answer 1

Answer:

red:              Not enough              250

blue:            Not enough              250

green:          Not enough              250

Step-by-step explanation:

color      store have           school needs             enough              more needed

red:       25 x 250 = 6250        6500                       No              6500-6250 = 250

blue      35 x 250 = 8750         9000                      NO              9000-8750 = 250

green:   15 x 250 =  3750         4000                      NO              4000-3750 = 250