Question

Jon is making hamburgers for a church lunch. He has 42 2/3 lbs of ground beef. How many 1/3 pound hamburgers can he make using all the ground beef?
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Answer 1

He can make 128 burgers

Answer 2

Answer:

128 hamburgers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jon is making hamburgers for a church lunch.

He is using $\frac{1}{3}$ pound of beef in one hamburger.

He has the total amount of beef =  $42\frac{2}{3}$ pounds

                                             = $\frac{128}{3}$

Since in one hamburger he use beef =  $\frac{1}{3}$ pound

$\frac{128}{3}$ pounds of ground beef is used in = $\frac{\frac{128}{3} }{\frac{1}{3} }$

= $\frac{128}{3}$ × $\frac{3}{1}$

= $\frac{384}{3}$

= 128 hamburgers

Jon can make 128 hamburgers using all the ground beef.