Mrs. thomas is planning to provide snacks for 96 fourth graders when they go on a field trip to the aquarium. each student will receive 1 of each snack 6 applesauce 4 fruit cup. how many packages of each snack does mrs. thomas need?

16 packs of applesauce and 24 packs of fruit cups.

Step-by-step explanation:

If each fourth grader is receiving 1 apple sauce and 1 fruit cup then that means you want to have 96 apple sauces and 96 fruit cups.Okay if each pack of apple sauces contains 6 of them then you only need 16 of those because 16*6=96, and if each pack of fruit cups only contains 4 of them then you only need 24 packs because 24*4=96.

question: how many people can she serve?

answer: she can serve 16.66666667 people. so she can only give 16 people a complete serving.

question: does she have enough ice cream for her guests?

answer: no. explanation: she only has enough for 16 people to have a full serving. however, she can give a 17th person a partial serving.