What is the maximum number of toast pieces you can place in a tailgate pan?

• A. 9
• B. 11
• C. 13
• D. 15

Answer: (C)

Maximizing how many toast pieces fit comes down to using space efficiently by staggering the rows rather than keeping them in a strict grid. When you offset adjacent rows, you can tuck pieces into the small gaps along the pan’s edge, squeezing in one more piece than a straight, aligned layout would allow. The best arrangement in this scenario is to place four pieces in the first row, four in the second, and five in the third, which sums to 13. This pattern makes full use of the available width and depth without overlap or spilling over the pan’s boundary. Any attempt to fit more would run into space limitations or overlap, so 13 is the maximum.