Question

3 ounces of 1/4 of the package of sunflower seeds. How many ounces of sunflower seeds are in the whole package? Show or explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

To find the total weight of the entire package of sunflower seeds, multiply the given weight of 1/4 of the package (3 ounces) by 4. The result is 12 ounces for the whole package.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student has stated that 3 ounces is equivalent to 1/4 of a package of sunflower seeds. To find the total weight of the sunflower seeds in the whole package, we need to determine the weight that is four times that of the given 1/4th portion. The multiplication needed for this is 3 ounces × 4, since there are 4 quarters in a whole.

Therefore, the calculation would be:

1. 3 ounces (weight of 1/4 package) × 4 = 12 ounces (weight of the whole package)

Thus, the whole package of sunflower seeds weighs 12 ounces.

Answer 2

12 oz.

Step-by-step explanation:

I'm not 100% sure what you mean exactly, but I'll answer as well as can. So since 3 ounces makes up 1/4 of the bag, to find what the whole bag would be, we'd just have to take 3 x 4, which means there are 12 oz. in a bag.