Question

the total weight of six pieces of butter and a bag of sugar is 3.8lb.if the weight of the bag of sugar is 1.4lb what is the weight of each piece of butter

Answer 1

0.4lbs per stick of butter

Explanation:

objective: find the weight of each stick of butter

total pounds: 3.8 - 1.4 (bag of sugar) = 2.4lbs

2.4lbs is the amount of pounds of butter but we need to find the weight of each stick - to do this we must divide our weight of the butter by the six sticks of butter

2.4 ÷ 6 = 0.4lbs per stick of butter