Question

Noisabell has 28 ounces of almonds to divide equally into four bags. In the last bag, she has an additional 11 ounces of almonds. The equation shown can be used to find a, the total number of ounces of almonds in the last bag: 28 ÷ 4 + 11 equals a. How many ounces of almonds are in the last bag?

Answer 1

By dividing 28 ounces of almonds by 4 and then adding 11 ounces, we find that the last bag contains a total of 18 ounces of almonds.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many ounces of almonds are in the last bag Noisabell has, we need to solve the equation 28 ÷ 4 + 11 = a.

First, we divide 28 ounces by 4 to find out how many ounces are in each of the first three bags.

That gives us 7 ounces per bag.

Next, we add the additional 11 ounces to the amount in the last bag.

So, we have 7 + 11, which equals 18 ounces.

Therefore, the total number of ounces of almonds in the last bag is 18 ounces.