Question

Jordan needs 5 pounds of chips for a party. The bags he is buying are 24 oz each. According to the number line, how many bags will he need to buy to have at least 5 pounds?

Answer 1

4 bags

Explanation:

First, 5 pounds is equal to 80 ounces.

Then, when looking at the number line, we see that 80 ounces is right before "96" to represent 4 of the 24 oz bags. This means that he will need to buy 4 bags, according to the number line.

We can also do it the mathematical way.

-> 80 ounces / 24 ounce bags = 3
`(1)/(3)`.

We cannot buy
`(1)/(3)` of a bag, so we round up to 4 bags.