Question

Justin bought 3 packages of hamburger meat. Each package contains 4.8 pounds of meat. If Justin makes hamburgers that are 0.55 pounds each, how many hamburgers can he make

Answer 1

26

Explanation:

Justin will have a total of ...

(4.8 lb)×3 = 14.4 lb

of meat. At 0.55 lb/hamburger, he can make ...

(14.4 lb)/(0.55 lb/hamburger) ≈ 26.182 hamburgers

Justin can make 26 hamburgers.

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26×0.55 lb = 14.3 lb, so Justin will have 0.1 lb of meat left over.