Abigail collected 2 boxes of cookies for the bake sale. Grayson collected 3 quarters of a box, and Olivia collected 3 boxes. Assuming that each box contains 48 cookies, how many cookies did they collect in total?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
Abigail collected 2 * 48 = 96 cookies. There are 48 / 4 = 12 cookies in a quarter of a box. Grayson collected 12 * 3 = 36 cookies. Olivia collected 48 * 3 = 144 cookies. In total they collected 96 + 36 + 144 = 276 cookies.
Thus, the answer is 276.