Question

Jon is making hamburgers for a church lunch. He has 42 2/3 lbs of ground beef. How many 1/3 pound hamburgers can he make using all the ground beef?

(Please show work, thank you!)

Answer 1

He can make 128 burgers

Answer 2

128 hamburgers.

Explanation:

Jon is making hamburgers for a church lunch.

He is using
`(1)/(3)` pound of beef in one hamburger.

He has the total amount of beef =
`42(2)/(3)` pounds

=
`(128)/(3)`

Since in one hamburger he use beef =
`(1)/(3)` pound

`(128)/(3)` pounds of ground beef is used in =
`((128)/(3) )/((1)/(3) )`

=
`(128)/(3)` ×
`(3)/(1)`

=
`(384)/(3)`

= 128 hamburgers

Jon can make 128 hamburgers using all the ground beef.