Question

Two pounds of grapes cost $6.

Complete the table showing the price of different amounts of grapes at this rate.




What number belongs in the leftmost empty cell?


What number belongs in the rightmost cell?

Answer 1

Answer:

leftmost empty cell: ⅓

rightmost empty cell: 3

Step-by-step explanation:

✔️If 2 pounds grapes cost $6, then x pounds of grapes cost $1.

Thus;

2 : 6 = x : 1

2/6 = x/1

Multiply both sides by

²/6 × 1 = x/1 × 1

²/6 = x

¹/3 = x

x = ⅓

✔️If 2 pounds grapes cost $6, then 1 pound of grapes cost $x.

Thus;

2 : 6 = 1 : x

²/6 = ¹/x

Cross multiply

2x = 6

Divide both sides by 2

2x/2 = ⁶/2

x = 3