You’re going to compete on Top Taco Chef! You’re excited to make gourmet Chicken nuggets and fries tacos topped with Tomatoes. You use lots of special spices, and then sing like a wild Cheetah while cooking for good luck. You’re sure your tacos are going to win – but watch out, because there’s competition!
If your tacos have 1 layer of Chicken nuggets and fries, 1 layer of Tomatoes, and 1 layer of salsa, how many layers is that?
If you can top your tacos with Chicken nuggets and fries, beans and Tomatoes, and can choose any 2, how many different pairs can you choose?
If you decide to double the number of toppings, how many toppings do you have now?
If Luca works really hard on their taco recipe and makes 14 different batches with 3 tacos in each batch, and you eat 1/2 those tacos, how many tacos do you eat?
Imagine if you made 5,000 pounds of tacos, including 860 pounds of Chicken nuggets and fries and 860 pounds of Tomatoes. How much did the rest of the ingredients weigh?
3 layers.
3 different pairs (Chicken nuggets and fries and beans, Chicken nuggets and fries and Tomatoes, beans and Tomatoes).
6 toppings.
21 tacos out of the total 42 tacos.
3,280 pounds.
