Question

A flower shop normally orders 18 3/5 pounds of roses each week. The shop is planning on ordering four times as much during the week of Valentine's Day. For how many pounds of roses should the order be?

Answer 1

74 2/5 pounds

Explanation:

They usually order 18 3/5 pounds of roses.

They want to order 4 times this amount:

4 * 18 3/5

= 4 * 93/5

= 74 2/5 pounds

They should order for 74 2/5 pounds