Question

Mrs. larnell is making snack packs for a class picnic. She puts 1/4 pound of apples, 1/8 pound of nut mix, and 1/16 pound of chocolate in each students pack. there are 24 students in the class. What is the total weight of the snack packs? Is there mor than one way to solve this problem?
hint: adding and multiplying is what you do in this problem.

PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

The answer is 10.5 pounds. No there is no other solutions.

24 divided by 1/4 = 6 lbs
24 divided by 1/8 = 3 lbs
24 divided by 1/16 = 1.5 lbs

6+3+1.5= 10.5 lbs of food