Question

Nina needs to purchase 1/3 of a pound of chicken for each person in her family. There are eight people in her family. How many pounds of chicken will Nina need to purchase?

Answer 1

8/3 pounds

Explanation:

Each person gets 1/3 pound, and there are 8 people, so we can multiply 8 by 1/3 to find the answer

8*1/3=8/3

So, she will need to buy 8/3 pounds of chicken, or 2 2/3 pounds

Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

`2(2)/(3)` pounds

Explanation:

Each person will eat 1/3 pound of chicken, and there are 8 people. So, we want eight 1/3 pounds. We can write this as an addition problem:

1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3

This addition problem is equivalent to the multiplication problem: 8 * (1/3)

Both will yield the same result: 8/3 pounds =
`2(2)/(3)` pounds, and that's the answer.

Hope that helps!