A store has apples on sale for $3.00 for 2 pounds. If an apple is approximately 5 ounces, how many apples can you buy for $12.00? Complete the explanation.
The cost per pound of the apples on sale is $3.00
You can buy
how many pounds of apples for $12.00.?
Since 1 pound = 16 ounces about how many apples in each pound?
You can buy approximately how many apples for $12.00?
$12.00 * 2lb/$3.00 = (12*2)/3 = 8 lb = 8*16 = 128oz
128oz * 1apple/5oz = 25.6 apples
To solve this problem, we need to determine how many pounds of apples you can buy for $12.00 and then estimate the number of apples based on the weight of each pound.
First, let's find out how much 1 pound of apples costs. We know that the apples are on sale for $3.00 for 2 pounds, so we can divide the cost by the number of pounds to get the cost per pound: $3.00 / 2 pounds = $1.50 per pound.
Next, we need to figure out how many pounds of apples you can buy for $12.00. To do this, we divide the total amount of money by the cost per pound: $12.00 / $1.50 per pound = 8 pounds.
Now that we know you can buy 8 pounds of apples, let's estimate the number of apples. We know that 1 pound is equivalent to 16 ounces, and each apple weighs approximately 5 ounces. We can divide 16 ounces by 5 ounces to find out how many apples are in each pound: 16 ounces / 5 ounces = 3.2 apples per pound.
Finally, we need to multiply the number of pounds (8 pounds) by the estimated number of apples per pound (3.2 apples) to calculate the total number of apples you can buy: 8 pounds * 3.2 apples per pound = 25.6 apples.
Since we cannot buy a fraction of an apple, we round down the decimal to the nearest whole number. Therefore, you can buy approximately 25 apples for $12.00.