Question

A cook has 10 1/2 pounds of ground beef. How many quarter pound burgers can he make?

Answer 1

startr by passing the mixed number into a fraction

`10(1)/(2)=((2\cdot10)+1)/(2)=(21)/(2)`

divide the amount of beef into a quarter

`((21)/(2))/((1)/(4))=(21\cdot4)/(2)=(84)/(2)=42`

he can make 42 quarter pound burguers