Briona made 48 lbs of homemade cocoa to sell at a local farmer’s market.

Question

She used half of the cocoa to make 0.75 lb bags to sell and half of the cocoa to make 0.5 lb. bags to sell.

How many more 0.5 lb bags than 0.75 lb bags of cocoa did Briona make?

Answer 1

First, let's calculate how many pounds of cocoa Briona used to make 0.75 lb bags:

48 lbs / 2 = 24 lbs

Now let's calculate how many 0.75 lb bags Briona made:

24 lbs / 0.75 lbs = 32 bags

Next, let's calculate how many pounds of cocoa Briona used to make 0.5 lb bags:

48 lbs / 2 = 24 lbs

Now let's calculate how many 0.5 lb bags Briona made:

24 lbs / 0.5 lbs = 48 bags

Now let's calculate the difference in the number of 0.5 lb bags and 0.75 lb bags:

48 - 32 = 16

Briona made 16 more 0.5 lb bags than 0.75 lb bags.