The cycling club purchased. The line plot shows the weights of packages of meat that members of the cycling club purchased. The meat will be mixed with vegetables to make stew for a club dinner. 4/8, 4/8, 6/8, 1, 1, 1, 1 2/8,

Question

If each serving of the stew will contain 1/4 pound of meat, how many servings of stew can the club make?

Answer 1

To find out how many servings of stew the club can make, we need to add up the weights of all the packages of meat in pounds:

4/8 + 4/8 + 6/8 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2/8

First, simplify the fractions:
4/8 + 4/8 + 6/8 + 2/8 = 16/8 = 2

Now add up all the weights:
2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 7

So the club has a total of 7 pounds of meat. Since each serving of stew contains 1/4 pound of meat, we can divide the total weight by the serving size to find out how many servings the club can make:

7 pounds / 1/4 pound = 7/(1/4) = 7 * 4/1 = 28

Therefore, the cycling club can make 28 servings of stew with the meat they purchased.