Question

The westside bakery uses 440 pounds of flour to make 1,000 loaves of bread.Each loaf contains the same amount of flour.How many pounds of flour are used in each loaf of bread

Answer 1

Set up a proportion to solve. 440 pounds of flour per 1000 loaves is to x pounds of flour per loaf.

x= # of pounds of flour per loaf

440/1000= x/1
cross multiply
(440*1)= (1000*x)
440= 1000x
divide both sides by 1000
440/1000= x
0.44= x

x= 0.44 pounds

ANSWER: 0.44 pounds of flour are used in each loaf.

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