Carlos bought 6 1/2 pounds of bananas for $5.20 . What quantity of bananas would one dollar buy?

Answer 1

Carlos bought 6 1/2 pounds of bananas for $5.20 . What quantity of bananas would one dollar buy?

This problem asks for the UNIT RATE. That is, Now much/many of these for one of those?

6 1/2 pounds for $5.20

(13/2) / (5 2/10)

(13/2) / (52/10)

(13/2) * (10/52) [to divide by fraction, invert and multiply]

(65/52)

1 13/52 pounds/dollar

1 1/4 pounds/dollar