Question

Maria paid $5.92 for 16 pounds of tomatoes. How much did she pay per pound?​

Answer 1

piece of cake, it's $0.37

all you have to do is divide $5.92 by 16 to figure out price per pound.

$\frac{5.92}{16}=0.37$

to check your answer multiply 0.37 by 16 and you'll get 5.92

note: if you were to divide 16 by $5.92 (inverse operation) you would be solving for pounds per each dollar, and the question asks to find what she paid for each pound not how many pounds she bought for each dollar she spent; since you're trying to figure out a certain price so you also divide by a price. I hope this makes sense