You’re going to compete on Top Taco Chef! You’re excited to make gourmet dumplings tacos topped with really spicy food. You use lots of special spices, and then sing like a wild panda 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 dumplings, 1 layer of really spicy food, and 1 layer of salsa, how many layers is that?
If you can top your tacos with dumplings, beans and really spicy food, 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 Akshara 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 dumplings and 860 pounds of really spicy food. How much did the rest of the ingredients weigh?
3 layers.
3 different pairs (dumplings and beans, dumplings and really spicy food, beans and really spicy food).
6 toppings.
21 tacos out of the total 42 tacos.
3,280 pounds.
