There are about 20 potatoes in a 5 pound bag. A restaurant uses about 2 potatoes per order of French Fries. They charge $0.95 for an order of fries. How much money does the restaurant take in on a day that they use 400 pounds of potatoes?
What is your answer?
so they make about 10 orders of fries per bag.
That means they make about $10 per bag of potatoes.
So, about how many bags in 400 lbs? And how many $$ ?
Alternatively, just convert lbs to $$ using
400 lbs * 1 bag/5 lb * 20 spuds/1bag * 2 spuds/order * $1/order
now just multiply all those conversion factors and all the units cancel out, leaving just $$ at the end.
To calculate the amount of money the restaurant takes in, you'll need to determine the number of orders made from the 400 pounds of potatoes, and then multiply it by the price per order.
First, let's find out how many potatoes are in 400 pounds. Since there are about 20 potatoes in a 5-pound bag, we can calculate the number of potatoes in 400 pounds as follows:
Number of potatoes = (400 pounds / 5 pounds per bag) x 20 potatoes per bag
Number of potatoes = 80 bags x 20 potatoes per bag
Number of potatoes = 1600 potatoes
Next, we need to determine the number of orders that can be made from 1600 potatoes. Since each order requires 2 potatoes, we can calculate the number of orders as follows:
Number of orders = 1600 potatoes / 2 potatoes per order
Number of orders = 800 orders
Now, we can determine the total amount of money the restaurant takes in by multiplying the number of orders by the price per order:
Total money = Number of orders x Price per order
Total money = 800 orders x $0.95 per order
Total money = $760
Therefore, on a day that the restaurant uses 400 pounds of potatoes, they would take in $760.