Question 17
Problems $17,$ $18,$ and $19$ refer to the following:
Cookies For a Crowd
At Central Middle School the $108$ students who take the AMC $8$ 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 $15$ cookies, lists these items: $1\dfrac{1}{2}$ cups of flour, $2$ eggs, $3$ tablespoons butter, $\dfrac{3}{4}$ cups sugar, and $1$ package of chocolate drops. They will make only full recipes, not partial recipes.
Walter can buy eggs by the half-dozen. How many half-dozens should he buy to make enough cookies? (Some eggs and some cookies may be left over.)
Cookies For a Crowd
At Central Middle School the $108$ students who take the AMC $8$ 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 $15$ cookies, lists these items: $1\dfrac{1}{2}$ cups of flour, $2$ eggs, $3$ tablespoons butter, $\dfrac{3}{4}$ cups sugar, and $1$ package of chocolate drops. They will make only full recipes, not partial recipes.
Walter can buy eggs by the half-dozen. How many half-dozens should he buy to make enough cookies? (Some eggs and some cookies may be left over.)