Question

Layla requires 2.25 pounds of cream cheese for a cake. She has 4 ounces of cream cheese. Cream cheese is available in the store in blocks. Each block is 8 ounces. What is the minimum number of blocks of cream cheese Layla has to buy?

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Answer 1

4 blocks of cream cheese

Explanation:

there are 16 Ounces in a pound.

You have 4 ounces of cream cheese. 4 is 25% of 16 so we subtract .25 from the required amount which is 2.25.

NOW we need 2 pounds. well, each block is 8 ounces, and we need in total 32 ounces. 32/8=4 blocks