Sharon is planning a cookout for 42 people. each guest will get 1 veggie burger. sharona will put one slice of cheese on half of the burgers. cheese slices come in packs of 8. write and solve an equation to find the number of packs of cheese, p, that sharon needs to buy.

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18 July, 16:54

Sharon is planning a cookout for 42 people. each guest will get 1 veggie burger. sharona will put one slice of cheese on half of the burgers. cheese slices come in packs of 8. write and solve an equation to find the number of packs of cheese, p, that sharon needs to buy.

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Brock Bass · Answer 1

Ok so 42 people are coming.

Each person gets 1 burger so you will have 42 bugers. 42 * 1 = 42

you put cheese on half of the 42 burgers. 42 : 2 = 21

you need 21 slices and they come in packes of 8. 21 : 8 = 3 with 3 left over.

You will need 3