Roger also wants to make sandwiches for his guests. He buys the following sandwich fillings:

Question

1.5 kilograms of turkey
1.25 kilograms of beef
2.25 pounds of cheese
Roger discovers that he needs to buy some chicken as well. He buys an amount of chicken that weighs more than the beef he bought and less than the turkey he bought. Give an amount in pounds that the chicken could weigh, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a pound.

Answer 1

Roger bought 1.25 kilograms of beef and 1.5 kilograms of turkey. To find a suitable weight for the chicken in pounds, we first need to convert the beef and turkey weights from kilograms to pounds. The conversion factor between kilograms and pounds is approximately 1 kilogram equals 2.20462 pounds.

Let's convert the beef:

1.25 kg of beef * 2.20462 pounds/kg = 2.755775 pounds of beef

Then let's convert the turkey:

1.5 kg of turkey * 2.20462 pounds/kg = 3.30693 pounds of turkey

Now we've established the range in pounds:

Beef: 2.755775 pounds
Turkey: 3.30693 pounds

The chicken weight should be more than the weight of the beef but less than the weight of the turkey. Let's pick a number between these two weights, say around 3 pounds, as this is more than 2.755775 and less than 3.30693.

Therefore, a suitable weight for the chicken could be 3 pounds, which is already a rounded number to the nearest hundredth of a pound. If you would like a more specific number within the range but not exactly at one of the endpoints, you could choose something like 2.90 pounds or 3.10 pounds, depending on whether you'd like to be closer to the beef weight or the turkey weight, respectively.