Question

Rachel works at a lemonade stand at the park on Monday. She used 1 2/5 bags of lemons on Tuesday. She used 1 1/4 times as many lemons as on Monday. How many bags of lemons did Rachel use on Tuesday?

Answer 1

Let's start by finding how many bags of lemons Rachel used on Monday. We know she used a whole number of bags plus a fraction, so we'll need to convert the mixed number to an improper fraction:

1 2/5 = 7/5

So Rachel used 7/5 bags of lemons on Monday.

On Tuesday, Rachel used 1 1/4 times as many lemons as on Monday. To find out how many bags of lemons that is, we can multiply the amount Rachel used on Monday by 1 1/4:

1 1/4 = 5/4

5/4 times 7/5 = 35/20 = 7/4

So Rachel used 7/4 bags of lemons on Tuesday, which is the same as 1 3/4 bags of lemons.

Therefore, Rachel used 1 3/4 bags of lemons on Tuesday.