Question

at a donut shop there are 97 donuts in the display case. there are also 4 boxes of donuts, eah with 2 dozen inside. the owner of the donut shop works out that there are 196 donuts in total. does that sound about right?

Answer 1

Answer: No

Explanation:

There is 4 boxes with 2 dozen donuts. One dozen is 12 so two dozen is 24. Inside each box so that means each box has 24 donuts.
24x4 = 96

96 donuts from the 4 boxes plus the 97 donuts on display equals:

93+97 = 193