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prealgebra junior
Problem
At Central Middle School the students who take the AMC8 meet in the evening to talk about problems and eat an average of two cookies apiece. Walter and Gretel are baking Bonnie's Best Bar Cookies this year. Their recipe, which makes a pan of cookies, lists this items: cups flour, eggs, tablespoons butter, cups sugar, and package of chocolate drops. They will make only full recipes, not partial recipes. They learn that a big concert is scheduled for the same night and attendance will be down . How many recipes of cookies should they make for their smaller party?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
If students eat cookies on average, there will need to be cookies. But with the smaller attendance, you will only need of these cookies, or cookies. cookies requires batches. However, since half-batches are forbidden, we must round up to get batches, and the correct answer is .
Final answer
E