If john has 12 4/5 ounces of macaroni salad to split among 2 1/4 ounce containers, will he have enough containers to hold all of the salad if he has 6 containers? explain why or why not.

he only has enough to fill 5 containers with .68 left over

Step-by-step explana

12.8 / 2.25=5.68

ANSWER:

John can store the macaroni in the 6 containers he have.

SOLUTION:

Given, John has ounces of macaroni salad to split among ounce containers.

And he has 6 containers.

First let us convert mixed fractions into improper fractions.  

John has to split ounces of macaroni into 6 containers with capacity of ounces.

Then, the following condition should become true

Materials available should be less than the storage capacity.

128 < 135

Above condition is true.

So, materials available is less than storage space.

Hence, john can store the macaroni in the 6 containers he have.

the answer is 844

step-by-step explanation:

it is 844 because if you add 836.50 + 7.5 you will get 844

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