Question

A customer purchased a pumpkin at a farm stand.

The customer paid $1.38 per pound for the pumpkin.
The mass of the pumpkin was 4.8 kilograms, rounded to the nearest tenth of a kilogram.
Which of the following could have been the total amount the customer paid for the pumpkin?
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Answer 1

First, we need to convert the mass of the pumpkin from kilograms to pounds:

1 kilogram = 2.20462 pounds

4.8 kilograms = 4.8 x 2.20462 = 10.582176 pounds

Rounding 10.582176 to the nearest tenth gives 10.6 pounds.

Now we can calculate the total amount the customer paid for the pumpkin:

Price per pound = $1.38

Weight of pumpkin = 10.6 pounds

Total amount paid = Price per pound x Weight of pumpkin

Total amount paid = $1.38 x 10.6

Total amount paid = $14.628

Rounding this to the nearest cent gives us $14.63.

Therefore, the total amount the customer could have paid for the pumpkin is $14.63.