Question

Madison has $6.50. Potatoes are $0.50 per pound. How many pounds of potatoes can Madison afford to buy?

In two or more complete sentences write and solve an inequality for this situation. Explain how you would solve this inequality.

Answer to the first step:
3 Pounds of Potatoes.
6.50 / 0.50 = 13 or 650 / 50 = 13

Then, in two or more complete sentences, explain the steps you used to add the mixed numbers.

Answer 1

x will be number of pounds

.5x is less than or equal to 6.50

She can afford 13 pounds of potatoes

You would solve the inequality by dividing each side by .5 to isolate x then write it as x is less than or equal to 13.

Answer 2

Part A:

You are given the amount of money Madison can spend and the price per pound for the potatoes. To find how many pounds Madison can buy, you would need to divide the amount of money she has by the price per pound.

The equation would be Pounds of potatoes = 6.50 / 0.50

Part B:

The only step required to solve the equation from part A is division.

Dividing 6.50 by 0.50 = 13. This means Madison can buy 13 pounds of potatoes.