Question

john had 4 1/2 cups of walnuts. melanie had 25% more walnuts than john. she used 1.25 cups of her walnuts in a recipe for cookies . how many cups of walnuts does melanie have left

Answer 1

First, we need to find out how many cups of walnuts Melanie had.

Melanie had 25% more walnuts than John, so we can find out how many cups of walnuts Melanie had by adding 25% of John's walnuts to John's walnuts.

25% of John's walnuts is:

(25/100) x 4.5 cups = 1.125 cups

So, Melanie had:

4.5 cups + 1.125 cups = 5.625 cups

Melanie used 1.25 cups of her walnuts in a recipe for cookies, so she has:

5.625 cups - 1.25 cups = 4.375 cups of walnuts left.