Question

Read the complete problem before answering. Teresa bought 2 1/2 gallons of chocolate milk at the dairy farm. Chocolate milk cost $4.50 a gallon. How much did Teresa spend on the milk? A student solved the problem this way. gallons 2 1/2 = 2.5 gallons Let n represent the amount Teresa spent on the milk. n = 2.5 × $4.50 n = $11.25 Teresa spent $11.25. Use a similar strategy to solve this problem. Pedro bought 1 1/4 lb of red sand and 5 1/2 lb of brown sand to refill his sand box. Both types of sand cost $4.60 a pound. How much did Pedro spend on the sand?

Answer 1

He spent $5.75 on the red sand and $25.30 on the brown sand he spent a total of $31.05 on sand to fill his sand box! Hope this helps you :)