Question

The average household uses 6 bags of sugar per household per month. Each bag of sugar weighs 5 pounds. Assume that that there are 2 people in each household on average and that the US population is 344 million. How many pounds of sugar does the US consume per month?

Answer 1

Given,

The average sugar used in one hiuse is 6 bags.

The weight of one bag of sugar is 5 pounds.

The number of people in one house is 2.

The total population in US is 344 millions.

The total weight of sugar used oin one house in one month is,

$\text{Consumption of sugar in one house in one month =6}\times5=30$

The total number of houses in US is,

$\begin{gathered} \text{Total number of houses =}\frac{total\text{ number of people }}{2} \\ =\frac{344\text{ million}}{2} \\ =172\text{ million} \end{gathered}$

The weight of sugar consumed by US in one month is,

$\begin{gathered} \text{Total consumed sugar=total house}\times quantity\text{ of sugar used in one house} \\ =30\times172\text{ million} \\ =5160\text{ million pounds} \end{gathered}$

Hence, 5160 million pounds of sugar US consume per month.