A baker has 12 pounds of almonds. She puts them in a bag so that each bag has the same weight. Clare and Tyler drew diagrams and
wrote equations to show how they were thinking about 12 ÷ 6. How do you think Clare and Tyler thought about 12 divided 6? Explain what each diagram and each part of each equation (especially the missing number) of might mean in the context of the bags of almonds.
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Answer:
Proportion states that the two ratios or fraction are equal.
As per the given statement: For every 3 ounces of peanuts, there are 2 ounces of cashews. A batch has 60 ounces of peanuts.
Let x be the ounces of cashew will a batch have.
then by definition of proportion, we have;
By cross multiply we have;
Divide by 3 on both sides we get;
therefore, 40 ounces of cashews will a batch have for every 60 ounces of peanuts.