Question

Five pounds of sugar cost $4.05. How much sugar do you get per dollar?

a) 1.23 pounds
b) 1.32 pounds
c) 1.45 pounds
d) 1.54 pounds

Answer 1

To find out how much sugar you get per dollar, divide the total pounds of sugar (5) by the cost in dollars ($4.05) to get approximately 1.23 pounds per dollar, which is answer (a).

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate how much sugar you get per dollar, you divide the amount of sugar by the total cost. In this case, you have 5 pounds of sugar costing $4.05. So, you would perform the following calculation:

5 pounds ÷ $4.05 = 1.234567901 pounds per dollar

To find out how much sugar you get per dollar, you need to calculate the amount of sugar you can get for $1. To do this, divide the cost of 5 pounds of sugar ($4.05) by 5. The calculation would be: $4.05 / 5 = $0.81 per pound. So, you get approximately 0.81 pounds of sugar per dollar.

After rounding to two decimal places, the amount of sugar you get per dollar is 1.23 pounds. Therefore, the correct answer is (a) 1.23 pounds.