Ellie has 12.5 pounds of potatoes to make mashed potatoes. She uses one-tenth as many pounds of butter as potatoes. How many pounds of butter does Ellie use?

25/2 x 10/1= 1.25 sorry I fluctuated between fraction and decimal! Lol

Answered by saharchoudhury | 2024-06-10

If there are 12.5 lbs of potatoes and 1/10 of that is the butter, divide 12.5 by 10 to get 1.25 lbs butter.

Answered by cranbeary7 | 2024-06-24

Ellie uses 1.25 pounds of butter, which is one-tenth of the 12.5 pounds of potatoes she has.
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Answered by cranbeary7 | 2024-10-09