Question

Jamal buys 3.75 pounds of ground turkey at the grocery store. He uses 1/4 of the turkey to make chili. He divides the remaining turkey into 5 pieces to make turkey patties. How many pounds of ground turkey does Jamal use for each patty?

a) 0.15 pounds
b) 0.125 pounds
c) 0.25 pounds
d) 0.375 pounds

Answer 1

To find out how much ground turkey Jamal uses for each patty, multiply 3.75 pounds by 3/4, then divide the remaining weight by 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much ground turkey Jamal uses for each patty, we need to first determine the weight of the turkey he has left after making chili. Jamal uses 1/4 of the turkey, which means he has 3/4 of the turkey remaining. To find out how much this is in pounds, we can multiply 3.75 pounds by 3/4:

3.75 pounds * (3/4) = 2.8125 pounds

Since Jamal divides this remaining amount into 5 pieces, we can find out how much each patty weighs by dividing the total weight by the number of patties:

2.8125 pounds / 5 = 0.5625 pounds

Therefore, Jamal uses approximately 0.5625 pounds of ground turkey for each patty.