Question

Amy has 4 pounds of ground lamb to make meatballs. She uses 5/8 pounds per meatball to make 6 meatballs. How many 1/8 pound meatballs can amy make with the remaining lamb?

Answer 1

Amy has enough ground lamb remaining to make 2 (1/8) lb meatballs

Explanation:

At (5/8) lb per meatball, Amy will use (6 meatballs)*((5/8) lb/meatball), or (30/8) lbs of ground lamb. That's (15/4) or 3 and 3/4 pounds of ground lamb. That leaves (4 - (3+3/4)) = 1/4 lb of ground lamb. This means Amy does not have enough ground lamb to make a full meatball, since (1/4) lb is less than (5/8) lb. But she has enough to make 2 (1/8) lb meatballs.