A box of cereal contains 98.7 grams of protein and 1 serving contains 7.05 grams of protein. Kevin says there are about 1.4 servings of protein in the box of cereal. Is he correct? Explain why or why not.

Question

Responses

No, he did not place the decimal point correctly. There are 0.14 servings of protein in the box of cereal.
No, he did not place the decimal point correctly. There are 0.14 servings of protein in the box of cereal.

No, he should have divided the number of grams in one serving by the number of grams in the box. There are 0.07 servings of protein in the box of cereal.
No, he should have divided the number of grams in one serving by the number of grams in the box. There are 0.07 servings of protein in the box of cereal.

Yes, he is correct. There are about 1.4 servings of protein in the box of cereal.
Yes, he is correct. There are about 1.4 servings of protein in the box of cereal.

No, he did not place the decimal point correctly. There are 14 servings of protein in the box of cereal.
No, he did not place the decimal point correctly. There are 14 servings of protein in the box of cereal.

Answer 1

To determine whether Kevin's statement is correct, we need to calculate the number of servings of protein in the box of cereal.

We know:

• The box contains 98.7 grams of protein.
• One serving contains 7.05 grams of protein.

To find the number of servings in the box, we divide the total grams of protein by the grams of protein per serving:

\[ \text{Number of servings} = \frac{\text{Total grams of protein}}{\text{Grams per serving}} = \frac{98.7 \text{ grams}}{7.05 \text{ grams/serving}} \approx 14 \]

Calculating this gives approximately:

\[ \frac{98.7}{7.05} \approx 14 \]

So the correct conclusion is that there are about 14 servings of protein in the box of cereal.

Thus, the correct response is:

No, he did not place the decimal point correctly. There are 14 servings of protein in the box of cereal.