Question

Jared bought a 15-pound bag of turkey for Thanksgiving. His family ate 6 ⅗ pounds of the food on the morning of Thanksgiving and 4 ⅘ for dinner. Jared decided to use ½ of the remaining turkey to make sandwiches for lunch. How much turkey, in pounds, did Jared use to make sandwiches?

Answer 1

1 4/5 pounds

Explanation:

15-6= 9

9-4=5

3/5+4/5=7/5 or 1 2/5

5-1=4

4-2/5=3 3/5

half of 3 is 1.5 or 1 5/10

3/5=6/10 half of 6/10 is 3/10

3/10+5/10= 8/10

simplify 1 8/10= 1 4/5