Question

You buy 2 packages of ground beef. One package contains 4.5 pounds and the other contains 2.25 pounds. Your put equal amounts of meat into the 9 freezer bags. How many pounds of meat are in each bag?

Answer 1

.75 pounds in each bag. If you add the total pounds of meat in the 2 packages, 4.5+2.25 you get 6.75. if you divide all 6.75 pounds equally into 9 bags, 6.75/9, you would get a total of .75 or 3/4 of a pound in each bag.