A bakery made 28 cherry pies, using 111 cherries for each pie. They threw away 31 cherries that were bad. If they used all the cherries they had, how many cherries did they start off with?
A. 170
B. 3,139
C. 3,108
D. 3,077

Question

A bakery made 28 cherry pies, using 111 cherries for each pie. They threw away 31 cherries that were bad. If they used all the cherries they had, how many cherries did they start off with?
	A. 	170
	B. 	3,139
	C. 	3,108
	D. 	3,077

texaschic101 · Answer

28 cherry pies, 111 cherries per pie = 28 * 111 = 3108 cherries used
31 were bad....3108 - 31 = 3077

anonymous · Answer

Number of pies (28) x Number of cherries in each pie (111) = 3108 cherries used for pies 
3108 + 31(bad cherries) = 3139 (b)