Jackson’s mother buys 4 packs of hamburger meat. Each pack contains 4/6 of a pound of meat. How much total meat did she buy?
4 * 4/6 = 16/6 lbs
To find out how much total meat Jackson's mother bought, you need to multiply the number of packs by the amount of meat in each pack.
Number of packs = 4
Amount of meat in each pack = 4/6 of a pound
To multiply fractions, you can multiply the numerators (top numbers) together and the denominators (bottom numbers) together.
4 × 4/6 = (4 × 4)/(1 × 6) = 16/6
To simplify the fraction, you can divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, which is 2 in this case.
16 ÷ 2 = 8
6 ÷ 2 = 3
So, 16/6 simplifies to 8/3.
Therefore, Jackson's mother bought a total of 8/3 pounds of meat.