Question

Mr. Thompson is a cook at a restaurant that serves breakfast. On Tuesday, he used 5 pounds of 9 16 1 pancake mix. On Wednesday, he used 4 pounds of pancake mix. Parker says that Mr. Thompson used a total of about 9 pounds of pancake mix over the two days.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Since 5 9/16 is closest to 6, and 4 1/8 is closest to the benchmark 4. The total of the benchmark is 10. So, Parker's estimate is (I'm assuming the dropdown had "wrong" as an option)

Step-by-step explanation:

Parker assumed that Mr.Thompson used about nine pounds of pancake mix. Parker was fairly close but just one off. If you were to solve this without having to use a whole number for an estimate. The answer would be 9 11/16, instead of 10. Anyways, I should explain why 5 9/16 is round to 6. It's rounded to six as a whole number because 9/16 is over half of 16. Half of 16 is "8".So anything that is 8/16 and up is automatically round to the number ahead (that's whole).

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