Question 1184650: You're planning on making 5 meatloaves for a party. You go to the store to buy breadcrumbs and see they are sold by the canister. How many canisters do you need to buy?
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How many breadcrumbs does the recipe call for? It calls for 1 1/4 cups of breadcrumbs.
How many meatloaves does the recipe make? It makes 1 meatloaf.
How many servings does that recipe make? It says it serves 10.
How big is the canister? It is cylindrical, 3.5 inches across and 7 inches tall.
What is the net weight of the contents of 1 canister? 15 ounces.
How much does a canister cost? $2.39
How much does a cup of breadcrumbs weigh? I'm not sure, but maybe something from the nutritional label will help.
You will need canisters.
Give your answer accurate to at least one decimal place (You can only buy whole canisters, but this way you'll know how much you'll have leftover)
Answer by JBnovelwriter(34)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Alot of this info is just garbage stuff to throw u off.
All u need is the the cups measurement the number of meatloafs made per recipe and the net weight of the canister.
1 can = 15 ounces
1 cup = 8 ounces
1.25 cups= 10 ounces
10 ounces of breadcrumbs makes 1 meatloaf
U need 5 meatloafs
10*5=50 ounces of breadcrumbs needed
15ounces * 4canisters = 60 ounces which is 10 ounces more than needed
15ounces * 3canisters = 45 ounces which is not enough
So u need 4 canisters of breadcrumbs and u will have 2/3 of a can left over.
No decimals are needed as the question asks for whole canisters not partial. So 4 is the answer.
If they asked exactly how many canisters u need including partial amounts of a canister to the nearest decimal then that would be 3.3333. As 2/3 of the last can is 0.6666.
I give the teacher that gave u this question a big fat F for making this question. Dumb teacher.
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