Mrs.Jacobsen purchased a 5-pound package of ground beef for $12.40. She decided to use 8 ounces each day for dinner recipes. What was the cost of ground beef per meal?

Mrs. Jacobsen purchased 5-pound package of ground beef for $12.40, to calculate for the cost of meat/pound, divide the total cost of meat by the amount of meat Mrs. Jacobsen bought. 
> $12.40 / 5-pound of ground beef
> $2.48/ pound of ground beef.
Since Mrs. Jacobsen decided to use 8 ounces of meat each day for dinner recipes and we are looking for the cost of ground beef per meal; divide the cost of ground beef per pound by the amount of meat used per meal.
Since 8 ounces of meat is used each day and 16 ounces is equal to 1 pound; covert 8 ounces into pound
> 8 = 1 pound/ 16 ounces 
> 8 = 1 pound/ 16 
> 8 pound/16
> ½  or 0.5 pound of ground meat Mrs. Jacobsen uses each meal.
To solve for the cost of each meal, multiply the cost of ground beef per pound by the total amount of ground beef Mrs. Jacobsen use each meal.
>   $2.48/ pound of ground beef * 0.5 pound of ground meat
> $2.48 * 0.5
> $1.19 is the cost of ground beef per meal.