A scale shows that four bananas weigh 2 lbs. Each banana weighs the same amount. If Molly wants to buy a total of 5 pounds of bananas,

how many more bananas does she need to add to the scale?

How many TOTAL bananas will she purchase?

What do you think?

I really don't get the problem.

Obviously each banana weighs 1/2 pound. If she buys 5 pounds of bananas, how many bananas will she have?

Is 2.5 lbs. the answer

To find out how many more bananas Molly needs to add to the scale, we first need to determine the weight of one banana. Since we know that four bananas together weigh 2 lbs, we can divide the total weight by the number of bananas:

Weight of one banana = Total weight / Number of bananas
Weight of one banana = 2 lbs / 4 bananas
Weight of one banana = 0.5 lbs

Now, we can calculate how many more bananas Molly needs to add to reach a total weight of 5 lbs:

Weight of additional bananas needed = Total desired weight - Total current weight
Weight of additional bananas needed = 5 lbs - 2 lbs
Weight of additional bananas needed = 3 lbs

With this information, we can find the number of additional bananas needed by dividing the weight of additional bananas by the weight of one banana:

Number of additional bananas needed = Weight of additional bananas needed / Weight of one banana
Number of additional bananas needed = 3 lbs / 0.5 lbs
Number of additional bananas needed = 6 bananas

Therefore, Molly needs to add 6 more bananas to the scale. To find out the total number of bananas she will purchase, we add the additional bananas to the current number of bananas:

Total number of bananas purchased = Number of current bananas + Number of additional bananas needed
Total number of bananas purchased = 4 bananas + 6 bananas
Total number of bananas purchased = 10 bananas

Molly will purchase a total of 10 bananas.

can you tell me the answer please?