The lunchroom is full of students: 40% are girls and the remainder are boys. There are 2 monitors for every 15 students. There are 8 monitors. Every boy drinks, on average, 1 carton of milk, and every girl drinks, on average, 2 cartons of milk. How many total cartons of milk are consumed by the students in the lunchroom?
There is 1 monitor for every fifteen students because 30 / 2 = <<30/2=15>>15
There are 120 students because 8 x 15 = <<8*15=120>>120
60% of the lunchroom is boys because 100 - 40 = <<100-40=60>>60
There are 72 boys because 120 x .6 = <<120*.6=72>>72
There are 48 girls because 120 x .4 = <<120*.4=48>>48
The boys drink 72 cartons of milk because 72 x 1 = <<72*1=72>>72
The girls drink 96 cartons of milk because 48 x 2 = <<48*2=96>>96
They drink 168 cartons of milk because 72 + 96 = <<72+96=168>>168
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