Question

2. A bag of trail mix weighs 2 pounds. By weight, 18% of the mix is oats. (a) Use the 10 by 10 grid to represent 2 lb of trail mix. Determine how much weight each square represents and label all the squares. Then, shade in 18% of the grid. (b) What is the weight of the oats in the trail mix? Show your work and label your answer. Answer:

Answer 1

Weight of EACH square = 0.2 pounds

18% oat = 0.36 pounds

Explanation:

Given that:

Weight of bag = 2 lb

Percentage of oat in mix = 18%

% of the mix is oats. (a) Use the 10 by 10 grid to represent 2 lb of trail mix. Determine how much weight each square represents and label all the squares. Then, shade in 18% of the grid. (b) What is the weight of the oats in the trail mix? Show your work and label your answer. Answer:

If trail mix is represented by 10 by 10 square grid ;

Each square represents : 2 pounds / 10 = 0.2 pounds

18% of the total weight

0.18 * 2 = 0.36 pounds