if you charge 4.95 per pound, how much is .6 of a pound?

Question

If one pound is $4.95 then how much US .6?

Answer 1

Let X = how much 0.6 pound costs  

 

1 pound costs $4.95

 

0.6 pounds cost X

 

The ratio is  1:4.95 :: 0.6:X

 

In fraction form this is 

 

(1/4.95) = (0.6/X)

 

Cross multiply to get 

 

1*X = 4.95 * 0.6

 

X = $2.97  

 

Once you get used to doing problems like this you will realize that you can just multiply how much you want to buy (0.6 pounds) by the price per pound ($4.95 / pound) to get 0.6 pounds * $4.95 / pound = $2.97