Question

An M&Ms factory produces 109,500,000 M&M’s every day. About 1/5 of its M&Ms are yellow. Find the number of yellow M&M’s produced at this factory

Answer 1

Answer:

It's not possible to answer precisely. About 1/5 of 109,500,000 is equal to about 109,500,000*.2 which is about 21,900,000.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first thing to note is that the amount of yellow M&Ms isn't precisely 1/5th. It's about 1/5th.

So, applying the math, 109,500,000 times 1 and divided by 5 = 21,900,000, but that's not the answer, because of the uncertainty.

The answer has to be "about 21,900,000."