Jason has to sell a box of candy bars for a fundraiser. Yesterday he sold 1/3 of the total number of candy bars that came in the box, and today he sold 3 candy bars. If his sales for these two days was 11/30 of the total number of candy bars that came in the box, how many candy bars came in the box?

Question

30
54
57
60
90

Answer 1

Define a variable, and write an equation. If x is the number of candy bars that Jason started with,
x - (1/3)x - 3 = (11/30)x
is an equation that can be solved to find the solution.

Answer 2

57