Question

Would you multiply or divide for this question, "Vicky got 9 3/8 pounds of pecans from her tree this year. Last year she only got 6 1/4 pounds. How many times more pounds did she get this year than last year?" ?

Answer 1

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• You would have to divide since you are trying to find "times more pounds", so you'll do the inverse operation which is division.

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