Question

A partially eaten bag of grape weighs 5/8 of a pound. The bag of grapes weighed 4 times this amount before any were eaten. What was the original weight of the bag of grapes?

Answer 1

It weighed 4 times the 5/8 of a pound
4 * 5/8 
That is 5/2, or 2 1/2, or 2.5

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