Answer to Question #289340 in Math for Carter

Question

Mario has decided to make party baskets for the fund raiser. balloons are sold in bags of 10, and there are 8 candy bars in a package. How many of each should he buy so there are an equal number of balloons , horns , and candy bars in each basket?

Answer 1

Mario has decided to make party baskets for the fund raiser. Balloons are sold in bags of 20, party horns are sold in bags of 10, and there are 8 candy bars in a package. How many of each should he buy so there are an equal number of balloons, horns, and candy bars in each basket?

Multiples of $8:8, 16, 24, 32, \underline{40}, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80$

Multiples of $20:20, \underline{40}, 60, 80$

Multiples of $10:10,20,30, \underline{40},50, 60, 70,80$

In order to have 40 of each item, Mario should buy 5 packages of candy bars, 4 bags of horns and 2 bags of balloons.