Question

Matt has a 5lb bag of apples to make a pie he needs to use 3/5 of the bad how many pounds of apples we use for the pie explain what a model for this problem might look like

Answer 1

Pounds of apple to be used for a pie = 3 lb

Explanation:

Given the bag contains apples weighting = 5 lb

To make a pie
`(3)/(5)` of the apples in the bag is used.

To find the pounds of apples to be used to make a pie we will have to find the
`(3)/(5)`th part of 5 lb of apples.

In order to do that we multiply the fraction to the total weight of apples.

Pounds of apple to be used to make a pie

⇒
`(3)/(5)\ of\ total\ pounds\ of\ apple`

⇒
`(3)/(5)* 5`

⇒
`3`

∴ Pounds of apple to be used for a pie = 3 lb