Question

Ms.Sack owns a grocerystore. She buys 272 pounds of potatoes for $99. She wants to sell them for twice as much. She makes 9 bags containing 10 pounds each and puts the rest in 5 pound bags. Ms. Sacksteader wants to know how many 5 pound bags of potatoes she can sell. What is the hidden question?

Answer 1

99*2=$198
10*9=90
272-90=182/5=36.5

Answer 2

She would have 36 bags of 5 pounds each.

Explanation:

Givens:

• Ms. Sack buys 272 pounds of potatoes for $99.
• She makes 9 bags of 10 pounds each.
• The rest is in 5 pound bags.
• How many 5 pounds bags she will have?

If she made 9 bags of 10 pounds each that would be 9(10)=90 pounds in total. So, there's 272-90=182 pounds remaining.

Those 182 pounds she wants to divide in groups of 5 pounds, that would be 182/5=36.4 bags. This means that she would have 36 bags of 5 pounds each.

Therefore, she would have 36 bags of 5 pounds each.