Question

Turner has 6 pounds of pasta. Each time he makes dinner he uses 3/4 pounds of pasta. How many dinners can he make?

Answer 1

8 dinners

Explanation:

First find the amount of ounces in a pound, which is 16 ounces.

Then divide 16 by 4 to find what a quarter of a pound is, which is 4

Then multiply your answer by 3 to get 12. He uses 12 ounces for each dinner.

Since he has 96 ounces of pasta, simply divide by 12, which is the mount used per meal.

96/12 is 8.

Check your work by multiplying 8 by 12.