Therefore, Lara needs to bake 45 cookies for the thank-you gifts. In order to find the total number of cookies Lara needs to bake, we should multiply the number of persons coming to the party with the number of cookies that each person should receive = 15 \(\times\) 3 = 45 Therefore, the number of cookies each thank-you gift should have = 3 \(\times\) 1 = 3 Each thank-you gift would contain 1 cookie of each type. How many cookies does Lara need to bake in total, so that all the guests will get one each of each type of cookie?Īs stated, the number of persons attending Lara’s party = 15 To make the party more special, Lara decides to bake butterscotch, choco-chip, and strawberry cookies to offer as a thank-you gift to her friends.
Lara is hosting a party at her home and she has invited 15 of her friends.