Divide the amount of ground beef that the restaurant has by the size of a meat loaf.
B
Divide the amount of ground beef that the restaurant has by the size of the smaller meat loaf. Then subtract the answer from Part A.
A
6, see solution.
B
3, see solution.
Practice makes perfect
We are told that a restaurant has 15 15 pounds of ground beef for meat loaves and that each meat loaf requires 2 38 pounds of ground beef. We want to find the number of meat loaves that can be made.
Meat loaves= ?
We can find this information if we divide 15 15 by 2 38.
Meat loaves= 15 15Ă· 2 38
First, let's write each mixed number as a fraction.
We found that the restaurant can make 6 25 meat loaves. The restaurant will not make a fraction of a meat loaf, so we can conclude that the restaurant can actually make 6 meat loaves.
In Part A, we found that the restaurant can make 6 larger size meat loaves. We are asked to find how many more smaller meat loaves — which each use 1 35 pounds of ground beef — the restaurant can make. This means that we need to find the following difference.
6-Number of smaller meat loaves= ?
Let's find the number of smaller meat loaves that the restaurant can make! Like we did before, let's divide the total ground beef, 15 15 pounds, by the size of a smaller meat loaf, 1 35 pounds.
Number of smaller meat loaves=15 15Ă· 1 35
Let's calculate this quotient! First, we will write the mixed numbers as fractions.
We found that the restaurant can make 9 12 smaller meat loaves. The restaurant would not make a fraction of a meat loaf, so we can conclude that they can make 9 smaller meat loaves. Finally, let's calculate the difference between the numbers of smaller and larger meat loaves.
Smaller loaves- Larger loaves ⇓
9- 6=3
We found that the restaurant can make 3 more smaller meat loaves than the larger meat loaves.
