Question

Gina is putting candy into bags for her students.She has 93 students throughout the day and plans to put 0.35 pounds of candy into each bag. How much candy will she need altogether? Candy comes in 4 pound bags. How many full bags would she need to purchase?

Answer 1

Answer:  There are 11 bags approximately.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of students = 93

Amount of candy put into each bag = 0.35 pounds

Amount of candy she will needed altogether is given by

$0.35\times 93=32.55\ pounds$

Now, we have given that

Candy comes in 4 pound bags ,

So,

Number of full bags she would need to purchase is given by

$\frac{4}{0.35}=11.42=11 \ bags$

Hence, there are 11 bags approximately.