Question

Mr. Jones will be serving 20 people at his picnic. He plans to make two hamburgers for each person who is coming to the picnic. Mr. Jones spent $27.00 at the butcher on the meat which sells for $2.25 a pound. If Mr. Jones wants to make all of the hamburgers the same size, what will be the size, in pounds, of each hamburger?
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Answer 1

Since Mr. Jones will bring two hamburgers for each person, multiply the people present by the amount of hamburgers they will receive.

$2 * 20 = 40$

This is the amount of hamburgers that Mr. Jones will order from the butcher.

Divide the total amount Mr. Jones spent on the butcher by the total amount of hamburgers that he ordered.

$27.00 / 40 = 0.675$

This represents the cost of a single hamburger.

Divide this cost by the price per pound of the hamburger.

$0.675 / 2.25 = 0.3$

Each hamburger will be 0.3 pounds.

Answer 2

27.00 \2.25 =12/40=0.30