Question

sharon is planning a cookout for 42 people. each guest will get 1 veggie burger. sharona will put one slice of cheese on half of the burgers. cheese slices come in packs of 8. write and solve an equation to find the number of packs of cheese, p, that sharon needs to buy.

Answer 1

p = 3. Sharon needs to buy 3 packs of cheese.

Step-by-step explanation:

1 burger for each person = 42 burgers. cheese on half of them and 42 ÷ 2 is 21. so you need 21 cheese slices. cheese comes in packs of 8 slices, and 8 × 3 = 24. 2 packs is only 16 slices, which is not enough. so you will need to buy 3 packs of cheese for the burgers.