Question

Terry is making meatballs for a family dinner. He needs ground turkey and ground beef to make the meatballs.

Ground turkey costs $4.50 per pound. Terry buys 2.6 pounds of ground turkey.

1. What is the total cost, in dollars, for 2.6 pounds of ground turkey? Show or explain how you got your answer.

Answer 1

1 pound=$4.50
⬇️/2
0.5 pounds=$2.25
⬇️/5
0.1 pounds=$0.45

4.5+4.5+2.25+0.45=11.7=2.6 pounds
Answer=$11.70

Answer 2

It will be $11.70 for 2.6 pounds and to find the answer is to multiply $4.50 x 2.6 and you get $11.70