Question

At a butcher store, 5 1/2 pounds of hamburger meat are divided into 11 equal packages. How many pounds of meat will each package contain?

Answer 1

Answer:

each pack is 1/2 pound

Step-by-step explanation:

5.5 is 1/2 of 11

5.5/11=1/2

Answer 2

Each package will contain $\frac{1}{2}$ pounds of meat in a butcher store.

Solution:

Given that total quantity of meat at butcher store = $5\frac{1}{2}$ pound

Number of package in which meat is equally divided = 11  

We need to determine meat in 1 package

As meat in 11 packages = $5\frac{1}{2}$ pound

Converting the mixed fraction we get,

$5\frac{1}{2} = \frac{5 \times 2 + 1}{2} = \frac{11}{2}$

=> Meat in 11 packages = $\frac{11}{2}$ pounds

So meat in one package $=\frac{11}{2} \div 11=\frac{1}{2}$

Hence each package will contain $\frac{1}{2}$ pounds