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Jamie has 3 pounds of hamburger meat. He wants to make hamburger patties that each weigh 1/4 pound. What diagram could Jamie use to find the number of patties he can make?

Jamie has 3 pounds of hamburger meat. He wants to make hamburger patties that each-example-1
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so the answer to this would be A each circle represents one pound so therefore in total he can make 12 patties.
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I think it’s D. Each fraction strip represents a burger and they are cut into fourths to represent the 1/4 pound weight for each burger.
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