Question

A large bin of mixed nuts contains peanuts, cashews, almonds, and walnuts. Sheila scoops out a bowl full of nuts and counts how many of each type she has: 17 peanuts, 9 cashews, 12 almonds, and 10 walnuts.


Armando scoops out a bowl of 32 nuts. About how many should he expect to be cashews?

A. 5

B. 6

C. 9

D. 18

Answer 1

I think its C. 9.

Answer 2

how did you get 9 i got something else

Answer 3

I thought they said how much cashews are, so I chose 9.

Answer 4

that's not what there asking you

Answer 5

do you want me to guide you to how to do it or just give you the answer?

Answer 6

Can you show me how to do it?

Answer 7

so how many nuts do we have in total?

Answer 8

32

Answer 9

count again please

Answer 10

sorry its 48

Answer 11

correct now how many cashews do we have?

Answer 12

9

Answer 13

so now we do 9/48 = .....?

Answer 14

= 5.3

Answer 15

So its A.

Answer 16

correct!!!

Answer 17

Thank you so much!

Answer 18

np most people will be fooled and do 48 - 32 = 16 and 16 is close to 18 so they choose 18

Answer 19

let me know what you get once you submit your test please

Answer 20

It was correct. Thanks for your help!

Answer 21

np be sure to tag me if you need more help and i only guided you to the answer you did the work

Answer 22

Thanks!