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Jay works at a sandwich shop. He needs to make 7 turkey sandwiches. Each sandwich will have 1/3 of a pound of turkey. How many pounds of turkey will Jay need to make the sandwiches? Remember what of means! And remember to press submit after you answer the question

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Answer:

approximately 2.3 pounds of turkey. Trust the BlueDragon

Explanation:

7 times 1/3= 2.33333

User Richyen
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Answer:

Jay will need 2 and 1/3 pounds of turkey.

Explanation:

Since Jay uses 1/3 per sandwich and is making 7, multiply 7 by 1/3.

That gets you 7/3s

Convert it into a mixed number.

3 goes into 7 twice, with one third left over.

So, Jay needs 2 1/3.

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