You are planning to run a meeting that will go for the whole day. You need to organise morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

You have a catering budget of $150.

These are the items that you want to buy and how much they cost:

Item

Quantity

Price ($)

Assorted packet of biscuits

2

4.95

2 litres of orange juice

2

4.80

2 litres of lite reduced fat milk

2

3.00

2 litres of full cream lite milk

1

3.00

Sandwich platter

1

58.00

Fruit platter

1

35.00

Jar of coffee

1

12.50

Box of crackers

1

3.30

Cheese platter

1

16.50

Add up the items and write down the total cost:

You will find that your total is over budget. Work out what you can remove form the budget to keep it between $145-$150. Remember to make sure you still have a good range of food and drinks and the item/s you remove make sense.