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Sheet # 239/Critical Thinking

Name: _____________________ Date_____________


Explain and Show Your Work

A teacher bought a bag of pretzels containing 119 pretzels and a container of fruit punch containing 87 cups of punch. If each student receives 8 pretzels and 2 cups of fruit punch for a snack, which item will the teacher run out of first? How much will be left of the other item? How many students were able to have this snack?
























































Answer for sheet # 239

14 students got pretzels. 1 pretzel left.
43 students got fruit punch. 1 cup left.

14 students will get the snack.