Jake ate 4½ pounds of candy during the week after Halloween. How much candy did he eat per day on average.

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Liutong Chen · Answer 1 · 2021-10-12T17:37:51+0000

Answer: 9/14 of a pound each day.

Explanation:

We can convert the mixed fraction into an improper fraction:

4 1/2 → 9/2

Now we divide by 7, since there are 7 days in a week:

9/2 ÷ 7

When we divide, by a number, it can be placed in the denominator:

9/2*7 = 9/14

There's no other way to simplify it, so that's our final answer.