Question

Mrs. Barrett will be serving 40 people at Lydee’s birthday party. She plans to make three meatballs for each person. Mrs. Barrett spent $39.00 at the store on the meat, which sells for $3.25 per pound. If Mrs. Barrett wants to make all the meatballs the same size, what will be the size, in pounds, of each meatball?

Please be sure to show and explain all of your work to receive full credit.

Answer 1

$3.25 per pound and spent $39.00
so
$39.00 / $3.25 = 12 lbs

40 people at birthday party and three meatballs for each person

40 x 3 = 120 meatballs total for 40 people

so now you have
12 lbs for 120 meatballs
how many lbs for 1 meatball?

12 / 120 = 0.1 lbs

answer
each meatball will be 0.1 pounds