Problem

Bobby makes trail mix for his hiking group. He mixes 4 pounds of peanuts, 12 ounces of raisins, 11 ounces of walnuts, and 8 ounces of pretzels. If Bobby divides the trail mix equally among the 5 hikers in the group, how many ounces of trail mix does each hiker receive? Use order of operations to

Solution

Step 1 :\( 4 \text{ pounds of peanuts} = 4 \times 16 \text{ ounces} = 64 \text{ ounces} \)

Step 2 :\( \text{Total trail mix} = 64 + 12 + 11 + 8 = 95 \text{ ounces} \)

Step 3 :\( \frac{95}{5} = 19 \text{ ounces of trail mix per hiker} \)

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