Diane serves breakfast to two Groups of children at day care center one box of oats contains 12 cups of cereal She needs 1/3 cup for each younger child and 3/4 cups for each older child today’s group of today’s gro she needs 1/3 cup for each younger child and 3/4 cups for each older child today’s group includes 11 younger children and 10 older children is one box of oats enough for everyone? Explain.
So if you plug in the numbers it would be 1/3a+3/4b≤12 (must be 12 or lower) a- Younger b-older There are 11 younger and 10 older so 1/3(11)+3/4(10) 11/3+30/4≤12 11/3 rounds to 3.6 and 30/4=7.5 3.6+7.5=11.1 11.1≤12 is true So yes, one box is enough
