Edible Word Problems

Fred's Lunch

Fred eats a bag of 120 potato chips for lunch. Each potato chip has 230 mg of sodium and 2g of total fat. 50% of the total fat is polyunsaturated and monounsaturated. There is the same amount of polyunsaturated as monounsaturated fat. In fact, there is the same amount of trans and saturated fat, also!

1. how many milligrams of sodium did he consume?
2. how much total fat did he consume?
3. how much trans fat did he consume?
4. how much unsaturated fat(all but saturated) did he consume?

The Fast Food Restaurant

David eats $259.20 worth of food. Bob eats $5.00 worth of food.
a hamburger costs $2.50. Fries cost 2¢ each. Assuming that David bought as many hamburgers as he could,

1. how many hamburgers did David buy?

2.how many fries did he buy?

3.if Bob bought 2 hamburgers, how much money would David have to lend him?

Sandwich

Bob and Fred each buy a sandwich.

slice of bread-----------------$0.30
slice of ham-------------------$0.50
slice of American cheese-------$0.20
slice of Cheddar cheese--------$0.50
slice of Swiss cheese----------$0.50
slice of tomato----------------$0.20
pickles------------------------$0.70
peppers------------------------$0.60
lettuce------------------------$0.10

Bob buys a sandwich made of:
2 slices of bread
2 slices of ham
1 slice of swiss cheese
3 slices of cheddar cheese
2 pickles
1 tomato slice

Fred buys a sandwich made of:
2 slices of bread
1 slice of lettuce

How much money do they spend altogether?

Pie

David eats a pie with a diameter of 29 inches. The pie has 18 grams of total fat per serving. There are 23.5 total servings.

1. What is the circumference of the pie?
2. What is the area of the pie?
3. How many grams of total fat did David consume?

CANDY

Fred walks into the candy store with $89.00 and wants to buy as few items as possible, but wants to spend all his money. He hates gumdrops, and doesn't want to buy the store.

candy bars-------$2.00 each
gumdrops---------$0.10 each
mini chocolates--$0.50 each
the store--------$190,000
jelly bean jars--$77.00 each
peanut bars------$10.00 each

CANDY 2

David eats 123,456,700 pounds of chocolate. Each pound of chocolate makes his body 5 inches wider. Assuming that his body was already 18 inches, how big is he now?

CANDY 3

David and Fred have a candy eating contest. David can eat 7 candy bars in 3 minutes. Fred can eat 5 candy bars in 2 minutes and 43 seconds. After eating 78 bars, David will eat at a rate of 2 candy bars in 3 minutes, and After eating 10 candy bars, Fred will eat at a rate of 1 candy bar every 32 seconds. Who will finish a race of 120 bars first?

CANDY 4

David, Fred, and Bob buy tickets to a candy paradise. Tickets are $12.00 each. David buys a large cotton candy for $5.00. David and Bob each buy a 21-pack of snickers bars. They all order a "candy feast" for each person. The feast is $240,000.00 each.
David grows too big and needs a fat removal. It costs $100,000.
David, Fred, and Bob now owe a debt of $100. How much money did they have before entering the candy paradise?

CANDY 5

Bob eats 10 lollipops a minute. He eats as many lollipops as he can from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. How many lollipops does he eat?

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