Question

oranges cost 0.39 per half pound at a market. about how many pounds of oranges can elise buy if she had between $5 and $6 to spend ?

Answer 1

What's given?

Oranges cost ¢0.39 per half pound

She can spend between 5-6 dollars

Step 1:

Divide 5 and 6 by 0.39

5/0.39= 13.8(repeating)

6/0.39= 16.6(repeating)

Step 2:

Divide them in half since I was just calculating how many halves we needed

13.8/2= 6.94(repeating)

16.6/2= 8.3(repeating)

Rounding:

Follow the rule, "5 or more round it up, 5 or less round it down (if it's 5 round it up)"

6.94 → 7 (4<5), (9>5)

8.3 → 8 (3<5)

Answer:

So Elsie can buy between 7-8 pounds of oranges with 5-6 dollars

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