Question

Westside Bakery uses 440 pounds of flour to make 1,000 loaves of bread. Each contains the same amount of flour . How many pounds of flour are in each loaf of bread.

Answer 1

We need to set up a proportion to solve this.

440/ 1000 = x/1

Now we need to cross multiply to solve for x (the amount of pounds of flour).

440/1000 = x/1
440*1= 1000x
440= 1000x

Now, we do the inverse operation and divide 1000 by both sides.

440/1000 = 1000x/1000
x= 440/1000
x= 0.44 pounds of flour in each loaf of bread.

Final answer: 0.44 pounds of flour in each loaf of bread.

Answer 2

Answer: There is 0.44 pounds of flour in each loaf of bread.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Flour in 1000 loaves of bread=440 pounds

To find quantity of flour required to make one loaf of bread, we need to divide 440 pounds by 100 loaves of bread.

Thus, Quantity of flour required to make one loaf of bread$=\frac{440}{1000}=0.44$ pounds

Therefore, there is 0.44 pounds of flour in each loaf of bread.