Question

A 5-pound bag of flour costs $9.60. What is the price per ounce?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

In each pound there are 16 ounces. We can divide $9.60 by 5 to get the cost of one pound of flour, and then divide the result of that by 16 to get the price of flour by the ounce.

$9.60 can be converted to 960 cents to make it easier to divide.

960 ÷ 5 = 192

192 ÷ 16 = 12

Answer 2

A 5-pound of flour costs $4.80. For this bag of flour, what is the cost of flour per ounce? (1 pound = 16 ounces) a. $0.06.

Explanation: