To make meat and cheese sandwiches, you need one slice of meat and one slice of cheese per sandwich.
Since you have 7 pieces of bread, you can make a maximum of 7 sandwiches.
However, since you only have 4 slices of meat, you will be limited to making 4 sandwiches as you cannot make more than the number of slices of meat available.
Similarly, since you have 3 slices of cheese, you can only make 3 sandwiches with cheese as you cannot exceed the number of cheese slices.
So, you can make a maximum of 3 meat and cheese sandwiches.
To calculate the ingredients left over:
Meat left over = Total slices of meat - Slices of meat per sandwich * Number of sandwiches made
Meat left over = 4 - 1 * 3
Meat left over = 4 - 3
Meat left over = 1
Cheese left over = Total slices of cheese - Slices of cheese per sandwich * Number of sandwiches made
Cheese left over = 3 - 1 * 3
Cheese left over = 3 - 3
Cheese left over = 0
In summary:
You can make a maximum of 3 meat and cheese sandwiches.
After making the sandwiches, 1 piece of meat will be left over, but no cheese slices will be left over.
1: If you have 7 pieces of bread, 4 slices of meat, and 3 slices of cheese, how many meat and cheese sandwiches can you make? How many of each ingredient are left over?
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