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if each pretzels weighed a half an ounce, how many pretzels would fit in a 16 ounce bag

Sagot :

32 pretzels because since each pretzel wieghs 1/2 an ounce you multiply 16x 2=32
To find out we should, divide the whole weight to weight of each pretzels.

The whole is 16 ounce and each pretzel is [tex]\frac { 1 }{ 2 } [/tex] ounces. So let's divide :

[tex]\frac { 16 }{ \frac { 1 }{ 2 } } \\ \\ We\quad can\quad rewrite\quad \\ this\quad expression\quad as\quad :\\ 16\cdot \frac { 2 }{ 1 } \\ and\quad that\quad is\quad equal\quad to\\ 16\cdot 2=32\\ \\ \\ [/tex]

When you divide a number by a fraction, you can flip the fraction upside down and multiply it with the number, the result will be same.