Milton makes trail mix for his hiking group. He mixes 1 1/4 pound of peanuts, 14 oz of raisins, 12 oz of walnuts, and 10 oz of chocolate chips. If Milton divides the trail mix equally among the 8 hikers in the group, how many ounces of trail mix does each hiker receive? Show your work.

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Pamela Casey

16 July, 05:56

Milton makes trail mix for his hiking group. He mixes 1 1/4 pound of peanuts, 14 oz of raisins, 12 oz of walnuts, and 10 oz of chocolate chips. If Milton divides the trail mix equally among the 8 hikers in the group, how many ounces of trail mix does each hiker receive? Show your work.

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Keenan Richardson · Answer 1

1 1/4 lb peanuts = 20 oz.

20 oz. peanut + 12 oz. walnut + 10 oz chocolate chips = 42 oz. trail mix

42 oz trail mix : 8 hikers = 5.25 oz trail mix per hiker