Question

Mr. Newman will use all of the soap flakes from the boxes to fill bags. He will put of a pound of soap flakes in each bag.

How many -pound bags of soap flakes can Mr. Newman fill? (based on the image)

Answer 1

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Explanation:

This is the weight of all the boxes and the # of them

1 box is 0.25 pounds

4 boxes are 0.5 pounds

2 boxes are 0.75 pounds

1 box is 1 pound

3 boxes are 1.25 pounds

2 boxes are 1.75 pounds

multiply and add to get 12

So he will fill 12 bags

Answer 2

Explanation:

All of the dashes on the number line represent a quarter of a pound of soap flakes or 1/4 or 0.25.

Multiply the number of x's on each dash by the number that dash represents.

1 x over 0.25 dash

1 x 0.25 = 0.25

4 x's over 0.5 dash

4 x 0.5 = 2

2 x's over 0.75 dash

2 x 0.75

and so on.

At the end add all of the products together. (Should have 6 products in all.)

If you end up with a decimal, the whole number is your answer.