Question

A store has apples on sale for $12.00 for 8 pounds. If an apple is approximately 5 ounces, how many apples can you buy for $72.00? Complete the explanation.

Answer 1

Answer: 19 apples

Explanation:

1 pound = 16 ounces

We find the price of an ounce by taking 12 divided by 16 = $0.75

Then we find the total ounces we can buy by taking 72 divided by 0.75 = 96 ounces.

Then we take 96 divided by 5 ounces = 19.2

So we can buy 19 apples.