Question

5. Fantine bought flour for her bakery each month and

Answer 1

a. Fantine bought 2$\frac{1}{4}$ pounds in August.

b. She bought 2$\frac{2}{7}$ pounds in April.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1; It is given than Fantine bought $\frac{3}{4}$ of January's total in August. So,

The flour bought in August = $\frac{3}{4}$ × The flour bought in January. From the table, we have the flour bought in January was 3 pounds.

The flour bought in August = $\frac{3}{4}$ × 3 = $\frac{9}{4}$ = 2$\frac{1}{4}$ pounds. (9 divided by 2 gets a quotient of 2 and remainder 1)

Step 2; She bought $\frac{7}{8}$ as much in April as she did in both October and July.

$\frac{7}{8}$ × the flour bought in August = The flour bought in October and July.

The flour bought in October and July = $\frac{3}{4}$ + 1$\frac{1}{4}$ = $\frac{3}{4}$ + $\frac{5}{4}$ = $\frac{8}{4}$ = 2 pounds.

$\frac{7}{8}$ × the flour bought in August = 2 pounds.

The flour bought in August = 2 × $\frac{8}{7}$ = $\frac{16}{7}$ = 2$\frac{2}{7}$ pounds. (16 divided by 7 gets a quotient of 2 and remainder 2)