Christine buys 6.5 pounds of beef to make tacos. She uses .2 pound of beef for each taco.
a) How many tacos can Christine make?
b) How many pounds of beef are left over?
b: 0.5 I think
3.25
3.25 is wrong.
Watch the decimal point.
To find the answer to these questions, we need to use division and subtraction. Let's walk through the steps:
a) To find the number of tacos Christine can make, we need to divide the total amount of beef she has (6.5 pounds) by the amount of beef used for each taco (.2 pounds).
Dividing 6.5 pounds by .2 pounds:
6.5 รท .2 = 32.5
Therefore, Christine can make 32.5 tacos. However, since we can't have a fraction of a taco, we need to round the number down to the nearest whole number. So, Christine can make 32 tacos.
b) To determine how many pounds of beef are left over, we subtract the total amount of beef used (32 tacos x .2 pounds per taco) from the total amount of beef Christine had (6.5 pounds).
Subtracting (.2 pounds/taco x 32 tacos) from 6.5 pounds:
6.5 - (32 x .2) = 6.5 - 6.4 = 0.1 pounds
Therefore, Christine has 0.1 pounds of beef left over after making the tacos.
6.5 / 0.2 = _______
What is the remainder?