The nutritional information on Xuan’s container of crackers said that it had 162 calories. If there were 24 crackers in the container, which best describes the number of calories in each cracker?

Question

A number line going from 0 to 168.
approximately 6 calories
approximately 7 calories
approximately 13 calories
approximately 14 calories

Answer 1

To find the number of calories in each cracker, you can divide the total number of calories by the number of crackers.

Total calories = 162 Number of crackers = 24

Calories per cracker = Total calories / Number of crackers Calories per cracker = 162 / 24 ≈ 6.75

Since this rounds to approximately 7 calories, the best description of the number of calories in each cracker is:

approximately 7 calories