Question

Estimate the answer to the following problem using compatible numbers. Hayden's father makes an online order from a meat company for steaks. The steaks cost four dollars and eighty-five cents per pound. If his total bill was thirty-nine dollars and seventy-seven cents, about how many pounds of steak did Hayden's father order?

forty dollars divided by five dollars per pound equals eight pounds

thirty dollars divided by five dollars per pound equals six pounds

thirty-nine dollars divided by four dollars per pound equals ten pounds

fifty dollars divided by five dollars per pound equal

Answer 1

forty dollars divided by five dollars per pound equals eight pounds

4.85p = 39.75
=> p = 39.75/ 4.85