Question

A group of friends is collecting aluminum for a recycling drive.Each person who donates at least 4.25 pounds of aluminum receives a free movie coupon.The weight of each person's donation is shown in the table.
A. order the weights of the donations from greatest to least.

B. Which of the friends will receive a free movie coupon? Which will not?

C.What if? Would the person with the smallest donation win a movie coupon if he or she had collected 1/2 pound more of aluminum? Explain

Brenda. Claire Jim. Micah

4.3. 5.5. 6 1/6. 15/4

Peter
4 3/8

Answer 1

Answer:

Brenda      Claire      Jim     Micah        Peter

 4.3             5.5       6 1/6     15/4           4 3/8

 4.3             5.5       6.17      3.75        4.375   (all values in decimal)

A. order the weights of the donations from greatest to least.

6.17 , 5.5 , 4.375 , 4.3 , 3.75

B. Which of the friends will receive a free movie coupon? Which will not?

As given - Each person who donates at least 4.25 pounds of aluminum receives a free movie coupon.

So, Brenda, Claire, Jim and Peter will receive coupons and Micah will not receive.

C.What if? Would the person with the smallest donation win a movie coupon if he or she had collected 1/2 pound more of aluminum?

Micah got 3.75 pounds and if he got 0.5 pounds more, then he would have;

$3.75+0.5=4.25$ pounds

Then he would have got the coupon as a minimum of 4.25 pounds is required.

Answer 2

A. Jim Claire Brenda peter and Micah
B. Jim and Claire
C. no because it would only result in 4 lb and I need 4.25 lb