Question

Rita bought 1/4 pound hamburger patties

for her family reunion picnic. She
bought 50 patties. How many pounds of
hamburgers did she buy?

Answer 1

12 1/2 pounds

Explanation:

You want to know the total weight of 50 hamburger patties that weigh 1/4 pound each.

Total weight

The weight of 50 patties will be the sum of their weights. That sum is most easily figured using multiplication.

(1/4 lb) +(1/4 lb) +(1/4 lb) +... +(1/4 lb) . . . . 50 repetitions

= 50 × (1/4 lb)

= (50/4) lb = 12.5 lb

Rita bought 12 1/2 pounds of hamburgers.