The holiday dinner is at the Milton’s house

Question

this year. Mrs. Milton will do most of the
cooking.

5. Cooking time for a turkey is determined
using the rate of
1/3 hour per pound. Mrs.
Milton figures she will have at most four
hours to cook the turkey. What is the
largest turkey she should buy?
6. Mrs. Milton will make 6 pounds of yams.
If one person eats �
1
2
1/2 pound of yams, how
many people can Mrs. Milton serve with
6 pounds of yams?

Answer 1

5. Cooking time for a turkey is determined using the rate of 1/3 hour per pound. Mrs. Milton figures she will have at most four hours to cook the turkey. What is the largest turkey she should buy?

6. Mrs. Milton will make 6 pounds of yams. If one person eats 1/2 pound of yams, how many people can Mrs. Milton serve with 6 pounds of yams?

(I hope this is easier to read!) Please Help!

Answer 2

Right now the most I got is this:

1/3 = 0.33
Since she has 4 hours to cook it per pound then I did: .33 x 4 = 1.32.

So would the largest turkey she can buy be 1.32 pounds?

Answer 3

No.

At 1/3 hour per pound, it's 3 pounds per hour. 3 * 4 = 12 pounds

6 / (1/2) = 6 * (2/1) = 12 people

Answer 4

Ah I see. How would you put those into a mathamatical (algebraic) expression?