Question

A farmer ships pears in crates that weigh 4.5 lb each when empty. Each pear weighs 0.25 lb. The total weight of a crate filled with pears is 44.5 lb. Write a word equation you could use to find the number of pears packed in each crate.

Answer 1

one-quarter times the number of pears, plus four and one-half is forty-four and one-half

Explanation:

The total weight (44.5 lb) will be the sum of the empty weight (4.5 lb) and the number of pears multiplied by the pear's weight. That can be expressed as ...

one-quarter times the number of pears, plus four and one-half is forty-four and one-half