Question

Tanisha's potato salad recipe calls for 2.5 pounds of potatos.She decides to make 3.5 times her regular recipe. How many pounds of potatoes should Tanisha buy?

Answer 1

She will need `8.75,or 8 3/4` pounds of potatoes.

Explanation:

Mulltiply the amount of potatoes in the recipe by `3.5`.

`"2.5 pounds of potatoes"xx"3.5"=8.75=` `8 3/4" pounds of potatoes"`