Question

Joanna buys 5 pounds of potato salad to serve the guests at her daughter's graduation party. If she plans on serving 1/5 of a pound of potato salad to each guest, how many guests can Joanna serve? Use an equation and a visual model to solve the problem.

Answer 1

Answer:

25 guests.

Step-by-step explanation:

Joanna buys 5 pounds of potato salad to serve the guests at her daughter's graduation party.

Now, she plans on serving 1/5 of a pound of potato salad to each guest.

Therefore, the number of guests she can serve will be given by $N = (5 \div \frac{1}{5}) = 5 \times 5 = 25$

So, the above equation is the required equation. (Answer)