IXL | Multi-step measurement word problems

Homemade applesauce is one of Alec's favorite foods, so he bought 10 pounds of apples at the farmers' market. His applesauce recipe says that 8 ounces of apples makes 1 cup of applesauce. How many cups of applesauce can he make with 10 pounds of apples?

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question

Darrell eats a bowl of granola for breakfast every morning. He wonders how much granola he eats in a year. If Darrell eats about one 750-gram bag of granola every month, how many kilograms of granola does he eat in a year?

kilograms

key idea

There are 1,000 grams in 1 kilogram.

solution

You need to find how much granola Darrell eats in a year.

Darrell eats 750 grams of granola every month. There are 12 months in a year, so multiply by 12.

750

9,000

Darrell eats 9,000 grams of granola in a year, but the problem asks how many kilograms he eats. So, find how many kilograms are equal to 9,000 grams. There are 1,000 grams in a kilogram, so divide by 1,000.

9,000

1,000

Darrell eats 9 kilograms of granola in a year.

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