Question

Chelsea has 2. 24 pounds of meat. She uses 0. 16 pound of meat to make one hamburger. How many hamburgers can Chelsea make with the meat she has?

Answer 1

14 hamburgers

Explanation:

The problem uses division, but we can create a proportion to see how the division works.

Since we know that Chelsea can make 1 hamburger with 0.16 pounds and allow x to represent the number of burgers Chelsea can make with 2.24 lbs of meat, we have:

`(2.24)/(x)=(0.16)/(1)`

`2.24=0.16x`

As the proportion shows, we can divide 2.24 by 0.16 to get x = 14.

Check: 0.16 lbs * 14 patties = 2.24 lbs