Question

At a butcher store, 5 1/2 pounds of hamburger meat are divided into 11 equal packages. How many pounds of meat will each package contain?

Answer 1

each pack is 1/2 pound

Explanation:

5.5 is 1/2 of 11

5.5/11=1/2

Answer 2

Each package will contain
`(1)/(2)` pounds of meat in a butcher store.

Solution:

Given that total quantity of meat at butcher store =
`5(1)/(2)` pound

Number of package in which meat is equally divided = 11

We need to determine meat in 1 package

As meat in 11 packages =
`5(1)/(2)` pound

Converting the mixed fraction we get,

`5(1)/(2) = (5 * 2 + 1)/(2) = (11)/(2)`

=> Meat in 11 packages =
`(11)/(2)` pounds

So meat in one package
`=(11)/(2) / 11=(1)/(2)`

Hence each package will contain
`(1)/(2)` pounds