Andy harvests all the tomatoes from 18 plants that have 7 tomatoes each. If he dries half the tomatoes and turns a third of the remainder into marinara sauce, how many tomatoes are left?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
First find the total number of tomatoes harvested: 18 plants * 7 tomatoes / plant = 126 tomatoes. Then divide that number by 2 to find how many tomatoes are left undried: 126 tomatoes / 2 = 63 tomatoes. Then divide that number by 3 to find how many tomatoes are turned into sauce: 63 tomatoes / 3 = 21 tomatoes. Then subtract that number from the number of undried tomatoes to find the remaining number of tomatoes: 63 tomatoes - 21 tomatoes = 42 tomatoes.
Thus, the answer is 42.