Question

Mr. Jones needs at least 1 gallon of punch for every 16 students at the school dance. He has 8 gallons of punch. The inequality below represents this situation, where x is the number of students that can be served.





x
16
≤
8


What is a reasonable number of students who can be served with 8 gallons of punch?




120


130


160


200

Answer 1

x/16 ≤ 8 → multiply both sides by 16: x ≤ 128.
So up to 128 students can be served. From the choices, 120 is the reasonable number.