Some students are making muffins to sell to earn money to go on a school trip.The students use two and two- thirds cups of flour and three eggs for every dozen muffins they make. The students make eight dozen muffins. How many cups of flour and how many eggs do the students use to make the muffins? The students sell all the maffins for two for ninety-five cents. How much money do the students earn to go on the school trip? Show all your mathematical thinking.
flour=2 2/3 x 8
egges=3 x 8
money=.95/2 * 8*12
21
To find out how many cups of flour and how many eggs the students use to make the muffins, we need to use the information provided in the problem.
First, we know that they use two and two-thirds cups of flour for every dozen muffins they make. Since they made eight dozen muffins, we need to calculate the total amount of flour they used.
2 and 2/3 cups of flour * 8 dozen muffins = 2 and 2/3 cups of flour * 8 = 21 and 1/3 cups of flour
Therefore, the students used 21 and 1/3 cups of flour to make the muffins.
Next, we know that they use three eggs for every dozen muffins they make. Again, since they made eight dozen muffins, we need to calculate the total number of eggs they used.
3 eggs * 8 dozen muffins = 3 eggs * 8 = 24 eggs
Therefore, the students used 24 eggs to make the muffins.
Now, let's calculate the amount of money the students earned to go on the school trip. We know that they sold all the muffins for two for ninety-five cents, which means each pair of muffins sold for $0.95.
The total number of pairs of muffins they sold can be calculated as follows:
8 dozen muffins * 2 muffins per pair = 8 * 2 = 16 pairs of muffins
Therefore, they sold 16 pairs of muffins.
To find out how much money they earned, we multiply the number of pairs sold by the price per pair:
16 pairs * $0.95 per pair = $15.20
Therefore, the students earned $15.20 to go on the school trip.