A store has apples on sale for $3.00 for 2 pounds. How many pounds of apples can you buy for $9.00? If an apple is approximately 5 ounces, how many apples can you buy for $9.00? Explain your reasoning?
My answer to the first question is 6 pounds of apples for $9.00.
I am stuck on the 2nd and 3rd question. Please help.
well, how many ounces in 6 lbs?
Divide that by 5oz/apple to get the no. of apples.
In 11b there would be 16 ounces
so 96 oz divided by 5 ounces would be 19.2 so that is about 19 apples?
Would that be correct?
To determine how many pounds of apples you can buy for $9.00, you can set up an equation:
$3.00 for 2 pounds = $9.00 for X pounds
To solve for X, you can use cross-multiplication:
2 pounds * $9.00 = $3.00 * X pounds
18 pounds = 3X
Divide both sides by 3 to isolate X:
18 pounds / 3 = 3X / 3
6 pounds = X
Therefore, you can buy 6 pounds of apples for $9.00.
To answer the second question about how many apples you can buy for $9.00, we need to know how many ounces are in a pound. Since there are 16 ounces in a pound, we can calculate the number of apples by converting the weight of the apples:
6 pounds * 16 ounces/pound = 96 ounces
Now, we know that an apple is approximately 5 ounces. To find the number of apples you can buy, divide the total number of ounces by the weight of each apple:
96 ounces / 5 ounces/apple = 19.2 apples
However, we can't buy a fraction of an apple, so we need to round down the number of apples to the nearest whole number. Therefore, you can buy 19 apples for $9.00.
To find out how many pounds of apples you can buy for $9.00, we need to figure out the cost per pound. We know that the store is selling apples for $3.00 for 2 pounds.
To find the cost per pound, we can divide the total cost by the total weight:
Cost per pound = Total cost / Total weight
In this case, the total cost is $9.00 and the total weight is unknown. Let's call the unknown weight "x" pounds.
So, Cost per pound = $9.00 / x
Now, we can set up an equation based on the given information:
$3.00 / 2 pounds = $9.00 / x pounds
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
$3.00 * x pounds = $9.00 * 2 pounds
3x = 18
Now, divide both sides of the equation by 3:
x = 6
Therefore, you can buy 6 pounds of apples for $9.00.
Moving on to the 2nd question, we are given that an apple is approximately 5 ounces. To find out how many apples you can buy for $9.00, we need to convert the weight from pounds to ounces.
Since there are 16 ounces in a pound, we can multiply the number of pounds (6) by 16 to convert it to ounces:
6 pounds * 16 ounces/pound = 96 ounces
Now, we can divide the total number of ounces (96) by the weight of one apple (5 ounces) to find out how many apples you can buy:
96 ounces / 5 ounces/apple = 19.2 apples
Since we cannot have a fraction of an apple, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, you can buy 19 apples for $9.00.