Question

Yvette has 3.6 pounds of yellow cheese and 1.5 pounds of white cheese. How many pounds of yellow cheese does she use per pound of white cheese?

a) 2.4 pounds
b) 2.0 pounds
c) 3.6 pounds
d) 1.5 pounds

Answer 1

Yvette uses 2.4 pounds of yellow cheese for every pound of white cheese. This is calculated by dividing the amount of yellow cheese she has (3.6 pounds) by the amount of white cheese (1.5 pounds). Correct answer is A.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asking how many pounds of yellow cheese Yvette uses per pound of white cheese. To find this out, we simply divide the amount of yellow cheese she has by the amount of white cheese.

Yvette has 3.6 pounds of yellow cheese and 1.5 pounds of white cheese. The calculation to find out how many pounds of yellow cheese she uses per pound of white cheese is:

3.6 pounds of yellow cheese ÷ 1.5 pounds of white cheese

When we do the division, we get:

3.6 ÷ 1.5 = 2.4

Thus, Yvette uses 2.4 pounds of yellow cheese for every pound of white cheese.