The grocer bought 154 pounds of beef at $5.00 per pound. The grocer also bought 243 pounds of ground turkey for $729. How much more was the cost of the beef per pound than the turkey?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Since the cost of beef is already given, finding the cost per pound of turkey will be the key to compare both prices later on.
The grocer bought 243 pounds of turkey for $729, so to find the cost per pound, divide the cost by how many pounds the grocer bought.
> 729 / 243
> 3
The turkey costs $3 per pound.
Since beef costs $5.00 per pound and turkey costs $3 per pound, it means that beef costs $2 per pound more than the turkey.