Question

Sandy is a jeweler. She has 2 grams of gold. Each erring she makes contains 3/16 grams of gold. How many errings could she make from a gold bar of 1,000 grams of gold. Show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

Sandy can make approximately 5333 earrings from 1,000 grams of gold.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Amount of gold in grams used to make 1 earning = $\frac{3}{16}\ grams$

We need to find the number of earrings she could make using 1000 gram of gold.

Now we know that;

For 1 earrings = $\frac{3}{16}\ grams \ of \ gold$

Number of earrings created = 1000 grams of gold

By Using Unitary method we get;

Number of earrings created = $\frac{1000}{\frac{3}{16}} =1000\times \frac{16}{3} = 5333.33 \approx 5333$

Hence Sandy can make approximately 5333 earrings from 1,000 grams of gold.