Question

lettuce is packaged in four bags to a box. if there are 3.5 boxes of lettuce in a cooler, how many bags of lettuce would there be?

Answer 1

14 bags of lettuce, just times 4 by 3.5

Answer 2

There are 14 bags in 3.5 boxes.

Explanation:

Given : Lettuce is packaged in four bags to a box. If there are 3.5 boxes of lettuce in a cooler.

To find : How many bags of lettuce would there be?

Solution :

Lettuce is packaged in four bags to a box.

i.e, In 1 box there are 4 bags.

If there are 3.5 boxes of lettuce in a cooler.

In 3.5 boxes number of bags are
`4* 3.5=14`

Therefore, There are 14 bags in 3.5 boxes.