Question

Pat’s Potato Farm grew 490 pounds of potatoes. Pat delivered 3/7 of the potatoes to a vegetable stand. The owner of the vegetable stand delivered 2/3 of the potatoes he bought to a local grocery store, which packaged half of the potatoes that were delivered into 5-pound bags. How many 5-pound bags did the grocery store package?

Answer 1

14

Explanation:

I first multiplied 490 by 3/7

giving me 1470/7

I divide 1470 by 7 giving me 210

As I got 210

I multiplied 210 with 2 and got 410/3

I divided 410 by 3, getting 140.

It then said half of what was delivered was put into 5 pound bags, so

140× 1/2 or 140÷2 is 70

70 divided by 5 is 14

They made 14 5-pound bags.