Mr.H has 10 pounds of seafood and he plans on making small meals for His Theater Club. if each meal consist of 1/5 pounds of seafood, how many meals can Mr.H make?

Respuesta :

50 meals.

1) Since Mr. H is going to divide those meals equally, we can write:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 10\text{ : }\frac{1}{5} \\ 10\times\frac{5}{1}=50\text{ meals} \end{gathered}[/tex]

To divide fractions we need to reciprocate the divisor, in this case, 1/5. As above shown. So

2) Mr. H can make 50 meals with 1/5 of a pound