Question

Alondra wants to buy a pound of walnuts. if a 1-pound bag costs $12.85 and a 4-ounce bag costs $3.55, how much money would alondra save by buying the 1-pound bag instead of multiple 4-ounce bags?

Answer 1

It is given in the question that, a 1-pound bag costs $12.85 and a 4-ounce bag costs $3.55 .

First we need to convert ounce to pounds.

And 1 pounds equals to 16 pounds .

And cost of 4 pounds is $3.55

So cost of 16 pounds is 4*3.55 = $14.20

Therefore Alondra will save by buying one pound bag is

`$14.20- $12.85 = $1.35`