1.
Jose has 2/3 of a pound of ground beef. He is
going to use ground beef to make hamburger
patties that are 1/9 of a pound. How many
hamburger patties can Jose make?
A.
4 patties
B.
5 patties
C. 6.potties
D. 7 patties
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To find out how many hamburger patties Jose can make, we need to divide the amount of ground beef he has (2/3 of a pound) by the weight of each patty (1/9 of a pound).
2/3 ÷ 1/9
To divide fractions, we can multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
2/3 × 9/1
Multiplying across the numerators and denominators, we get:
18/3
Simplifying the fraction, we get:
6
Therefore, Jose can make 6 hamburger patties.
The answer is C. 6 patties.
To find out how many hamburger patties Jose can make, we need to divide the total amount of ground beef he has (2/3 of a pound) by the weight of each patty (1/9 of a pound).
To divide the fractions, we need to multiply the first fraction (2/3) by the reciprocal of the second fraction (9/1).
(2/3) × (9/1) = (2 × 9) / (3 × 1) = 18/3
To simplify the fraction, we divide the numerator (18) by the denominator (3).
18/3 = 6
Jose can make 6 hamburger patties with 2/3 of a pound of ground beef.
Therefore, the answer is C. 6 patties.
To find out how many hamburger patties Jose can make, we need to divide the total amount of ground beef (2/3 pound) by the weight of each patty (1/9 pound).
To divide fractions, we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal (or inverted form) of the second fraction.
So, we have (2/3) ÷ (1/9).
To multiply fractions, we simply multiply the numerators and denominators.
(2/3) ÷ (1/9) = (2/3) * (9/1).
Multiplying the numerators gives us 2 * 9 = 18, and multiplying the denominators gives us 3 * 1 = 3.
So, (2/3) ÷ (1/9) = 18/3.
Now, we can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD), which is 3.
18 ÷ 3 = 6, and 3 ÷ 3 = 1.
So, (2/3) ÷ (1/9) = 6/1 = 6.
This means Jose can make 6 hamburger patties.
Therefore, the answer is C. 6 patties.