Question

Amal has 1/2 pound of baked beans. She divides the beans into 8 equal servings. Write and solve an equation to find how many pounds of baked beans are in each serving

Answer 1

1/16 pound or 0.0625 pound beans.

Explanation:

According to the problem, calculation of given data are as follows,

Total baked beans = 1/2 pounds

Number of serving = 8

if distribute equal beans in each serving than,

8 serving = 1/2 pound

So, 1 serving = 1/(2×8) pound

= 1/16 pound or 0.0625 pound beans.

Hence, each serving consist of 0.0625 pound baked beans.