Sara works for a movie theater and sells candy by the pound. Her first customer bought 2 1/8 pounds of candy, The second bought 4/5 of a pound, and the third bought 1/2 pound. How many pounds did she sell to the first three customers? Explain the process used to solve the problem.

expression #3 is not equivalent. the others are.

this excerpt is taken from the book “we shall not be moved : the women’s factory strike of 1909 “ and is written by joan dash. it is the story of the great strike when almost 30thousand women working in factories in america formed a union to fight unsafe working conditions, long working hours and miserable wages.

question: which best states the author’s purpose for including this information in the text?

answer: to challenge the reader’s ideas about a historical event

add the numbers under frequency to find the total number:

5 + 8 +7 + 4 + 0 +1 = 25

the answer is 25.