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Mike knows that he can make 12 of his super delicious meatballs from one pound of hamburger. He wants to make meatballs for the football party on Sunday, and he estimates that there will be five people there (including himself) who will eat meatballs, and that each person will eat approximately seven meatballs. How many pounds of hamburger should he thaw out so that he can make enough meatballs for everyone at the party?

Answer 1

5 people, who each eat 7 meatballs each ---> 5 * 7 meatballs total

since each pound makes 12 meatballs, you can divide (5 * 7) by 12 to get the total # of lbs

you get a decimal from this, but you'll see it's pretty close to a whole # so you can probably round up

Answer 2

thank you!!!