In order to calculate the total amount of hamburger meat that Ben would need we would need to multiply the total number of burgers that he wants to make (19) by the amount of meat each burger will use (1/4 pound or 0.25 pound). Therefore, we would do the following...
19 * 0.25 = 4.75 pounds
Finally, we can see that Ben would need a total of 4.75 pounds of hamburger meat to make 19 equal sized 1/4 pound burgers.
