Question

25 students in a class each bring in one pund of unpopped popcorn an average ear of corn has 400 kernels it takes 1,300 kernels to make a pound. how many pounds will the class have? about how many kernels would that be? how many pounds would be if each class member brought 3 pounds of unpopped popcorn?

Answer 1

Since each student brings in 1 pound of unpopped popcorn...then there will be 25 pounds of corn! Since there are 1300 kernels to make a pound, you multiply 25 by 1300 = 32500, which is how many kernels. If every child brought 3 pounds: You would have to solve 25 * 3 = 75 pounds. Hope this helps!