maths question pls answer

Question

Anna makes 5 lb of roast turkey. She uses 12 oz in a sandwich. Then she splits the rest of the turkey equally between her 4 family members.

How much turkey does she give to each family member?

Answer 1

Hi there! Let's turn this word problem into an equation. To start, we understand that Anna made five pounds of turkey. She also used 12 oz in a sandwich. Then, she splits the remainder of the turkey evenly between her four family members.

12 oz = 3/4 lb

We can start by subtracting 3/4 lbs from 5 lbs to find out how much turkey she had left to split between her family members.

5 lb - 3/4 lbs = 4 1/4 lbs turkey

Then, we will divide the remaining amount of turkey by four, because she has four family members to feed. So,

Using a calculator, we will divide 4 1/4 lbs by 4 to get 1.0625 as our answer. We can round this decimal to be 1.1 lbs.

So, each family was given 1.1 lbs of turkey. I hope this was helpful!