According to Denise’s recipe, each batch of granola requires 1.75 cups of shelled sunflower seeds. She has 3 bags of shelled sunflower seeds that each contain eleven 14-cup servings. What is the maximum number of batches of granola that Denise can make with the sunflower seeds?
She has 3 bags, with each bag containing 11 14-cup servings.
So 3 x 11 x 14 = 462 cups
462 cups/1.75 cups per batch = 264 batches
Argggghh, I missed the 11
perhaps because it was written as words.
To find the maximum number of batches of granola that Denise can make with the sunflower seeds, we need to determine the total number of cups of sunflower seeds she has and divide it by the requirement for each batch.
First, we need to find out the number of cups in each bag:
Each bag contains eleven 14-cup servings. So, the total number of cups in each bag is 11 × 14 = 154 cups.
Since Denise has 3 bags of sunflower seeds, the total number of cups she has is 3 × 154 = 462 cups.
Next, we divide the total number of cups by the requirement for each batch:
462 cups ÷ 1.75 cups = 264 batches (rounded down to the nearest whole number).
Therefore, Denise can make a maximum of 264 batches of granola with the sunflower seeds she has.
She has available 3 bags of 14 cups each, so she has
42 cups.
Each batch needs 1.75 cups, so the number of batches would be
42/1.75 = 24 batches