Question

Suppose you buy a 1.25-pound package of ham at $5.20 per pound. (a) What fraction of a pound did you buy? (b) How much money did you spend?

Answer 1

25/100=1/4
a) you bought 1 1/4 pound of ham
b) $6.50
1.25 x $5.20=$6.50

Answer 2

(a)
`(5)/(4)`

(b) $ 6.5

Explanation:

Given,

The number of pounds of ham bought = 1.25,

(a) Thus, the fraction of a pound bought =
`\frac{\text{number of pounds bought}}{\text{1 pound}}`

`=(1.25)/(1)`

`=(125)/(100)`

`=(5)/(4)`

(b) We have,

The cost of ham of 1 pound = $ 5.20,

So, the amount spend on ham = the fraction of a pound bought × price per pound

=
`(5)/(4)* 5.20`

= 5 × 1.3

= $ 6.5