January 2011
Problem of the Month

Counting Carbs

According to a bag of M&Ms, a serving size consists of 37 M&Ms, which contains 29 grams of carbs.

If Mr. P wants to limit the number of carbs to 5 grams, how many M&Ms can he eat?

Solution to the Problem:

The answer is six.

Set up a ratio:   37 / x = 29 / 5
Then 29x = 185
So, x = 6.37 M&Ms.

Correctly solved by:

1. John Funk	Ventura, California
2. Austin Hale	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
3. Hazen Dickerson	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
4. Jacob Harmon	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
5. Dylan Martin	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming
6. Victoria Johnson	Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher