sue buys 8.5 pounds of chicken to make tacos. she uses 0.3 pound of chicken. how many tacos can sue make? how many pounds of chicken are left over?
I assume you mean that she uses 0.3 pound in each taco.
8.5 / 0.3 = 28.33
She can make 28 tacos with 1/3 of a pound left over.
Actually, she can make 28 1/3 tacos.
Since a taco uses .3 lbs, there is just .1 lb left over.
You just have to divide 8.5 by 0.3
It’s easy if you know how to divide decimals.
You turn the decimal into a fraction and then divide it! That’s what I do.
Answers: a) 28 tacos. b) 1/3 pounds or 0.33 pounds.
28 tacos and 1/3 of a pound left
To find out how many tacos Sue can make, we need to divide the total amount of chicken she bought (8.5 pounds) by the amount of chicken used for each taco (0.3 pounds).
Divide 8.5 pounds by 0.3 pounds:
8.5 / 0.3 = 28.333...
Since Sue cannot make a fraction of a taco, we need to round down to the nearest whole number. So Sue can make 28 tacos.
To find out how many pounds of chicken are left over, we can subtract the amount of chicken used from the total amount originally purchased.
Subtract 0.3 pounds from 8.5 pounds:
8.5 - 0.3 = 8.2 pounds
Therefore, Sue can make 28 tacos, and there will be 8.2 pounds of chicken left over.