Question

For a snack, Sameer ate a plum with 32 calories and several strawberries with 4 calories each. If the total number of calories in Sameer’s snack was 56, how many strawberries did he eat?

6 strawberries
8 strawberries
14 strawberries
22 strawberries

Answer 1

Let n be the number of strawberries.
32 + 4n = 56 → 4n = 24 → n = 6.

Answer: 6 strawberries.