Question

A caterer prepared a turkey that weighed 27 1/2 pounds. Each serving of turkey will be 1/3 pound. How many whole servings will be provided?

Answer 1

83 whole servings are provided

Answer 2

To find the number of servings divide the weight of the turkey by the serving size.
(27 1/2) / (1/3)
The easiest way to do this is to change the 27 1/2 into an improper fraction.
Then do keep, change, flip

(55/2) / (1/3) = (55/2)*(3/1) = 165/2 = 82.5
There will be 82 WHOLE serving provided.