Question

Travis is cooking baked beans for a picnic. His recipe requires 7/8 pound of sausage. Travion triples the recipe. Approximately how many pounds of sausage does he use?

a) 21/8 pounds
b) 2 5/8 pounds
c) 6 3/4 pounds
d) 2 3/8 pounds

Answer 1

When Travion triples the recipe requiring 7/8 pound of sausage, he uses 2 5/8 pounds of sausage. The calculation is simply 7/8 multiplied by 3, resulting in 21/8 pounds, which simplifies to 2 5/8 pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to find out how many pounds of sausage Travion uses if he triples the recipe that requires 7/8 pound of sausage. To triple the amount, we multiply 7/8 by 3, which gives us:

7/8 × 3 = 21/8

Now, to simplify 21/8, we divide 21 by 8. This gives us:

21 ÷ 8 = 2 R5

So, 21/8 pounds is equal to 2 whole pounds and a remainder of 5, which becomes the numerator over the original denominator. Therefore, we have:

2 5/8 pounds

Thus, the correct answer is: b) 2 5/8 pounds.