Question

a grocery store sells 12 pounds of apples. Of those 5 3/4 pounds are green and 3n1/4 are golden. The rest are red. Which is a more reasonable estimate or how many pounds of red apples the grocer sold: 3 pounds or 5 pounds. Explain

Answer 1

I think a reasonable estimate for this problem is 3 pounds because when you add 5 3/4 plus 3 1/4 you get 12 and 12 divided by 4 equals 3 so that is why 3 pounds is a good estimate for this problem. I hope my answer helped. Please comment back if you have any questions about my explanation.

Answer 2

3 pounds

Explanation:

Of the 12 pounds of apples, 5 3/4 were green, and 3 1/4 were golden, the rest were red, so

12 - 5 3/4 - 3 1/4 will be how many were red...

Convert 12 to a fraction over 4, and convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions...

48/4 - 23/4 - 13/4

which simplifies to...

12/4, which is 3 pounds