Question

Sheila has 11

1
2
pounds of potato salad. She wants to divide the potato salad into containers, each of which holds 2
1
4
pounds. How many containers does she need? Complete the explanation.

Containers are counted in
(select)
numbers, so she will need containers.

Answer 1

6

Explanation:

11 1/2 = 11.5

2 1/4 = 2.25

11.5 ÷ 2.25= 5.11

she needs 6 containers because you round up 5.11 to 6.

if your doing the work in fractions rather decimals let me know and I can explain it that way too