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.
I am very confused on the above. Please help me understand.
First you need to figure out how much an apple weighs in pounds.
Apples weigh....16 oz per pound, so convert 5 oz of apple into lbs
Apple weight: 1 apple/5oz x 16 oz / 1-lb =
=16/5 apples/lb
=3.2 apples/lb
Apples $3 for 2 lbs, spending $9. $9/$3= 3.
3 sets of 2 pounds of apples can be bought. There are 3.2 apples in each lb of apples, so
3.2 x 3 = 9.6, or 9 whole apples. (Can't buy part of an apple.)
I got a totally different answer.
To solve this problem, we need to first determine the cost per pound of apples. We know that the store is selling apples for $3.00 for 2 pounds. So, to find the price per pound, we divide the total cost by the total weight.
Cost per pound of apples = $3.00 / 2 pounds = $1.50 per pound
Now that we know the price per pound, we can figure out how many pounds of apples can be bought for $9.00. We divide the total amount of money ($9.00) by the price per pound ($1.50).
Pounds of apples = $9.00 / $1.50 per pound = 6 pounds
So you can buy 6 pounds of apples for $9.00.
The next part of the question asks how many apples can be bought for $9.00, given that each apple weighs approximately 5 ounces. To convert the weight from ounces to pounds, we divide the weight in ounces by 16 ounces, which is equal to 1 pound.
Weight of each apple in pounds = 5 ounces / 16 ounces per pound = 0.3125 pounds
Now we divide the total weight of 6 pounds by the weight of each apple to find out how many apples can be bought:
Number of apples = 6 pounds / 0.3125 pounds per apple ≈ 19.2 apples
Since you cannot buy a fraction of an apple, we need to round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, you can buy approximately 19 apples for $9.00.
To recap:
- You can buy 6 pounds of apples for $9.00.
- You can buy approximately 19 apples for $9.00.