Question

The deli scale weighs meat and cheese in hundredths of a pound. Marco put 5/10pound of pepperoni on the deli scale. What weight does the deli scale show?

Answer 1

Hello!

So, Marco put 5/10 lb of pepperoni on the scale. The deli scale weighs meat in hundredths.

What would 5/10 be in hundredths?

The answer is, quite simply, 50/100.

Since it is weighed in hundredths, the denominator must be 100. To get a denominator of 100, we must multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 10.

5 × 10 = 50

10 × 10 = 100

The deli scale shows 50/100 lb.