Question

The local farmer's market sells a 4-pound basket of apples for $5.60. Each apple weighs about 4 ounces. What is the price per apple?

Answer 1

Each apple costs $ .35. To figure this, first create like terms. Four pounds is equal to 64 oz. If each apple weighs 4 oz, then there are 16 apples in the basket. $ 5.60 divided by 16 is $ .35, so each apple is $ .35.