Question

Milton makes trail mix for his hiking group. He mixes 1 1/4 pound of peanuts, 14 oz of raisins, 12 oz of walnuts, and 10 oz of chocolate chips. If Milton divides the trail mix equally among the 8 hikers in the group, how many ounces of trail mix does each hiker receive? Show your work.

Answer 1

1 1/4 lb peanuts = 20 oz.
20 oz. peanut + 12 oz. walnut + 10 oz chocolate chips = 42 oz. trail mix
42 oz trail mix ÷ 8 hikers = 5.25 oz trail mix per hiker

Answer 2

Each hiker will get 7 oz of mix.

Explanation:

Trail is mixed with peanuts =
`1(1)/(4)` pounds

Since 1 pound = 16 oz

`1(1)/(4)` pounds peanuts =
`(16* 5)/(4)` = 20 oz

Raisins = 14 oz

Walnuts = 12 oz

Chocolate chips = 10 oz

Total amount of trial mix = 20 + 14 + 12 + 10 = 56 oz

Now Milton divides this mix among 8 hikers so amount of mix each hiker received =
`(56)/(8)`

= 7 oz

Therefore, each hiker will get 7 oz of mix.