Chelli Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I cannot figure out how to get the answer to this problem (short of guessing and plugging in numbers). I need to be able to explain how to get the solution to my dd10. Here's the problem: Kamala had 5,026 grams of flour in a canister. She brought a 4,157 gram bag of flour. She poured some flour from the bag to the canister. As a result, the mass of the flour in the canister is not twice the mass of the flour left in the bag. How much flour is in the bag now? Any ideas? I tried to set it up with bar models, but I had too many unknowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) Couldn't you add up all the grams of flour, and then divide into 3 parts: two for the canister and one for the bag? One third of the total is 3061 grams. Edited November 20, 2017 by ondreeuh 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Couldn't you add up all the grams of flour, and then divide into 3 parts: two for the canister and one for the bag? One third of the total is 3061 grams. Good lands, yes! My brain is functioning slowly this morning apparently. I actually had it set up that way using bar models, but then erased it. *sigh* Thanks so much for your help! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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