Question

A recipe for potting soil that makes enough to fill 4 bags calls for 6 and 1/4 lb of compost. Kailee wants to modify the recipe so that it fills 10 bags. How many more pounds of compost will Kailee need for the modified recipe than the original recipe calls for? A. 2 17/32 B. 9 3/7 C. 7 13/16 D. 15 5/8

Answer 1

Plz Help!

Answer 2

Are you there?

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

OK. The recipe makes 4 bags of compost.
Kailee wants 10 bags of compost.
How much more compost does Kailee want than the recipe makes?

Answer 5

she needs 6 more bags right?

Answer 6

Right.
She needs to add more to make 6 more bags than the recipe makes.

Answer 7

for 8 bags of compost she needs 6 and 1/4*2 to make 8 bags.
How do i figer out how much she needs for the other 2?

Answer 8

This is a proportion problem.
BTW, all the answers are wrong. I think you didn't copy the answers correctly.

Answer 9

I like the way you think. You just need to modify it a little to figure this out.

Answer 10

A.2 17/32
B.9 3/8
c.7 13/16
D.15 5/8

Answer 11

She needs 6 bags.
She has a recipe that will make 4 bags.
Notice that 6 bags is the same as 4 bags + 2 bags.
Also, 2 bags is exactly half of what the recipe makes.

Answer 12

so 6 1/4 Divided by 2

Answer 13

So instead of doubling the recipe to 8 bags, which you are correct, would need 6 1/4 * 2 lb of compost, do it the other way.

Answer 14

Exactly.
Divide 6 1/4 by 2.
Then add the result to 6 1/4