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You need to haul a load of patio bricks to a job site. Each brick weighs 4 pounds 14 ounces. Your truck can carry a 3/4 -ton load. How many bricks can your truck carry in a full load?

A.
300

B.
307

C.
362

D.
409

E.
483

Sagot :

Answer is B. 307.

Step by step.
We know there are 2000 pounds in a ton. So 3/4 of a ton can be found by multiplying 2000 x 3/4 = 1500. So your truck can carry 1500 pounds.

Now we need to divide 1500 by the weight of each brick to find out how many bricks you can carry.

1500 divided by 4 14/16 (14 over 16 ounces in a pound)
Change the fraction into a mixed fraction 4 x 16 + 14 = 78/16.

1500 divided by 78/16. To divide a fraction flip it and multiply.

1500 divided by 16/78 and multiply across you get 2400/78.

Now divide that to get your total bricks you can carry.

307.69. Since you can’t round up you have a total of 307 bricks.

Answer is B. 307 bricks.

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