Question

Question #bc446

Answer 1

585 burgers sold

Explanation:

To begin, you want to find out how much ground beef was used.

`164 1/2 - 18 1/4= 164 2/4 - 18 1/4=146 1/4`

So, `146 1/4` lb. of ground beef was used. Let's turn this into an improper fraction to make the next part easier to calculate.

`146*4+1=585`

`146 1/4 = 585/4`

Since `1/4` lb of ground beef is used per burger, we will divide how much was used by `1/4`. Remember that when you divide by a fraction, you are multiplying by the reciprocal of that fraction.

`585/4 div 1/4 ->`

`585/4*4/1 ->`

`585`

Notice how the 4's cancel each other out to make the math easier. The answer is 585 burgers were sold.