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Joe needs to buy snacks for the chess club. There are 12 people in the club and he wants each person to receive 0.5 pounds (lbs) of grapes. How many pounds of grapes should he buy?

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Answer: 6 pounds of grapes

Explanation:

There are 12 people that Joe is meant to buy for.

Each of them will receive 0.5 pounds of grapes.

All of them will therefore need:

= pounds of grapes per person * number of people

= 0.5 * 12

= 6 pounds of grapes

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