Question

A bag of peanuts weighs 1/4 pound. How much do 1 1/2 bags weigh?

Answer 1

Do you know how to solve it?

Answer 2

i know i have to make 1 1/2 into an improper fraction

Answer 3

Not quite in this situation. The easy way is this. If 1 bag weighs 1/4 of a pound, how much does half a bag weigh?

Answer 4

1/2?

Answer 5

Nope, 1/2 is bigger, remember that the bigger the denominator, the smaller the number.

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

I'll help you here, to take half of a fraction you double the number on the bottom, so what is the new denominator?

Answer 8

Okay here, one half of a bag weighs 1/8th, one bag weighs 2/8ths, put them together and you get 3/8ths. So your answer is 3/8ths. Hope I helped. :)

Answer 9

yea thnx

Answer 10

No problem. :) Just @ me if you need me.

Answer 11

ok