Question

A cook has 18 3/4 pounds of ground beef how many quarter pound burgers can he make??

Answer 1

The cook can make 75 quarter pound burgers.

Explanation:

i) It takes one quarter pound ground beef to make one burger

ii) the cook has
`18 (3)/(4) = ((18*4) + 3)/(4) = (75)/(4)` pounds of ground beef which is

75 quarter pounds of ground beef

iii) Therefore the cook can make 75 quarter pound burgers.