Question

Some students prepare 3 diffrerent snacks. They make 1/8 pound bags of nut mix, 1/4 pound bags of cherries, and 1/6 pound bags of dried fruit. If they buy 3 pounds of nut mix, 5 pounds of cherries, and 4 pounds of dried fruit,how many of each type of snack bag will they be able to make?

Answer 1

Answer: They made 24 snack bags of nut mix, 20 snack bags of cherries and 24 snack bags of dried fruit.

Step-by-step explanation:

They make 1/8 pound bags of nut mix. If they buy 3 pounds of nut mix, it means that the number of snack bags of but mix that they made is

3 /(1/8) = 3/0.125 = 24

They make 1/4 pound bags of cherries. If they bought 5 pounds of cherries, it means that the number of snack bags of cherries that they made is

5 /(1/4) = 5/0.25 = 20

They make 1/6 pound bags of dried fruit. If they bought 4 pounds of dried fruit, it means that the number of snack bags of dried fruit that they made is

4 /(1/6) = 24