Question

In a picnic, 4 pumpkin muffins and 5 chocolate chip muffins are given to every student in breakfast. If 2,156 students went on the picnic, find the total number of muffins they will get in their breakfast.

• A. 18,304
• B. 18,404
• C. 19,404
• D. 19,504

Answer 1

The correct option is C 19,404

Each student gets:
Number of pumpkin muffin = 4
Number of chocolate chip muffin = 5

So, every student gets = 4 + 5 = 9 muffins

Number of students who went on the picnic = 2,156

$\text{∴ Total number of muffins}=2,156\times 9$

Through box method, we see:


Adding all the products:


∴ 2,156 students will receive 19,404 muffins in their breakfast.