Question

at the market, 2.4 pounds of carrots cost $1.68 and 1.8 pounds of broccoli cost $1.53. how much more does 1 pound of broccoli cost than 1 pound of carrots?

Answer 1

1 pound of broccoli will cost 15 cents more than 1 pound of carrots.

To get the price of 1 pound of (something), you divide the existing amount of it by itself to get 1. For example, you have 2.4 pounds of carrots, so divide 2.4 by 2.4 to get 1 pound of carrots.

Next, you divide the price by the weight, so in this case it's $1.68 divided by 2.4 to get the price of 1 pound of carrots, which is 0.70 or 70 cents.

Apply to broccoli, find the price of 1 pound of broccoli, figure out the difference and there's your answer of 15 cents more :)