A dinner order at Mom’s Country Kitchen consists of a salad with dressing, an entrée, and three sides. The menu offers a salad with your choice of ranch, bleu cheese, French, or Italian dressing; a choice of entrée from chicken‑fried steak, meat loaf, fried chicken, catfish, roast beef, or pork chops; and, as sides, mashed potatoes, French fries, fried okra, black‑eyed peas, green beans, corn, rice, pinto beans, or squash.

Question

A dinner order at Mom’s Country Kitchen consists of a salad with dressing, an entrée, and three sides. The menu offers a salad with your choice of ranch, bleu cheese, French, or Italian dressing; a choice of entrée from chicken‑fried steak, meat loaf, fried chicken, catfish, roast beef, or pork chops; and, as sides, mashed potatoes, French fries, fried okra, black‑eyed peas, green beans, corn, rice, pinto beans, or squash.

How many possible dinner orders are available at Mom’s?

Answer 1

To calculate the total number of possible dinner orders, we need to multiply the number of choices for each category:

There are 4 choices of dressing, 6 choices of entrée, and 9 choices of sides.

So the total number of possible dinner orders at Mom's Country Kitchen is:

4 choices of dressing x 6 choices of entrée x 9 choices of sides = 216 possible dinner orders.

Therefore, there are 216 possible dinner orders that can be made at Mom's Country Kitchen.