Problem 1
A Fruit Roll Up weighs 0.5 oz & is a 12.5 by 11 cm parallelogram.
A Fruit by the Foot weighs 0.75 oz & is rectangular. One dimension of this rectangle is 2.2 cm. What is the other dimension?
(Be sure to state your assumptions, and any other information you draw upon in your solution.)
Problem 2
There are now Cheez-Its BIG. They claim to be “Twice as Big” as ordinary Cheez-Its. One serving of regular Cheez-Its consists of 27 crackers and weighs 30 grams. One serving of BIG Cheez-Its also weighs 30 grams.
(A) How many crackers should one serving of BIG Cheez-Its contain?
(B) How many does it contain?
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