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You buy tomatoes in 25- pound cases. One batch of cobb salad requires 6 ounces of tomatoes. How many portions can be made with one shipment. Round diwn don't include partial portions​

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Since each pound equals 16 ounces, multiply the 25 pound cases by 16. This will result in 400 ounces. Divide the 400 ounces by 6 for each Cobb salad, which will give us 66.66. But we must round down, so the answer is 66 portions.
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