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Sue buys 6.6 pounds of chicken to make tacos. She uses 0.4 pound of chicken of each
taco. (a) How many tacos can sue make? [3]
(b) How many pounds of chicken are left over?

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Dear student,

$S u e b u y s c h i c k e n = 6.6 p o u n d s I n e a c h t a \cos s h e u s e s = 0.4 p o u n d s a) N u m b e r o f t a \cos s h e m a k e = \frac{t o t a l q u a n t i t y o f c h i c k e n}{q u a n t i t y o f c h i c k e n u s e d i n 1 t a c o} = \frac{6.6}{0.4} = \frac{33}{2} = 16.5 w h i c h m e a n s 16 t a \cos s u e c a n m a k e . b) C h i c k e n l e f t o v e r = 0.5 p o u n d s$

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