Tak purchased 4 7/8 pounds of brown sugar. Each pound of the sugar equals 2 1/4 cups. What is the best estimate of the number of

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4 years ago

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cups Tak purchased? please help me pleaseeee

2 answers:

True [87] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-20T18:23:14+03:00

True [87]4 years ago

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Turn all the numbers to decimals
4.875*2.25=10.96875
round it to get 11 lb

bazaltina [42] · Answer 2 · 2021-11-20T19:55:49+03:00

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for an estimate round the pound to 5 and multiply by 2 1/4 which would be 11 1/4 cups

the actual amount would be 4 7/8 * 2 1/4 = 10 31/32 which is just below 11 so the estimate is pretty close