The cafeteria ordered 400 paper plates. They used 226 at breakfast. They bought 100 more. Then, they used some plates for lunch. Now there are 78 plates. How many plates did they use at lunch?



Answer :

If the cafeteria ordered 400 paper plates. They used 226 at breakfast. They bought 100 more. Then, they used some plates for lunch. Now there are 78 plates. The number of  plates that was used at lunch is 196.

Number of plated used

Given :

Paper plates ordered = 400 plates

Plates used for breakfast = 226

Additional plate bought = 100

Plate used for lunch = ?

Hence,

Let calculate the plate left after breakfast

Number of plates = Paper plates ordered - Plates used for breakfast

Number of plates = 400 plates - 226 plates

Number of plates = 174 plates

Now let determine the plates that were used for lunch

Pates used for lunch :

Pates used for lunch = (174 + 100) -78

Pates used for lunch = 274 -78

Pates used for lunch = 196 plates

Therefore we can conclude that the number of  plates that was used at lunch is 196 plates .

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