Question

Which question can be answered by finding 4 1\2÷1\4?

A.You have 4 1\2 pounds of fruit and use 1\4 pound. How much fruit is remaining?
B.How much is 1\4 of 4 1\2 pounds of fruit?
C.You are buying 1\4 pound containers of fruit at the store. How many containers do you need to buy to have 4 1\2 pounds of fruit?

Answer 1

You are buying 1/4 -pound containers of fruit at the store. How many containers do you need to buy to have 4 1/2 pounds of fruit?

Explanation:

Solving the equation:

÷ = 18

Looking at the choices, we can see that the 3rd answer best represents the equation. This is because if we take the question and turn it into an expression, it will look like this:

(total amount of weight) ÷ (weight each container can contain) = (number of containers needed to contain all of the weight)

pounds ÷ pound = 18 containers

Therefore, the last one is the correct answer.