Question

Glenn bought 3 pounds of tomatoes. He used bles of them to make sauce. Make an equation that shows the number of pounds of tomatoes Glenn used for the sauce. Move numbers and symbols to the blanks to complete the equation. If there is no whole number in the answer, put a 0 in the first box after the equals sign.​

Answer 1

He used
`1(7)/(8)\ lb`

Explanation:

Given

`Total = 3\ lb`

`Fraction = (5)/(8)` to make sauce

Required

Determine the number of pounds used

To solve this, we simply multiply the fraction of tomato used by the total;

`Used = Fraction * Total`

`Used = (5)/(8) * 3\ lb`

`Used = (5 * 3)/(8)\ lb`

`Used = (15)/(8)\ lb`

Convert to mixed number

`Used = 1(7)/(8)\ lb`

Hence,

He used
`1(7)/(8)\ lb` out of the 3lb he bought