Barbara asked the butcher for 4 1/2 pound steaks that cost $15.00/pound. She also asked for a pound and half of chicken breasts that were $8.00 a pound. How much did she spend at the butchers?
Let's be accurate as possible and think first.
42
She ordered 4 1 / 2 pound steaks so that's 4 *.

5 = 2 pounds of steak.

The steak cost $15.

00 a pound and she bought 2 pounds so that's 15 * 2 = $30.

00 for 4 steaks.

She also needed 1.

5 pounds of chicken breasts at $8.

00 a pound so that's 1.

5 * 8 = $12.

00 for chicken.

The steaks cost $30.

00 and the chicken cost $12.

00 for a total of 30 + 12 = $42.

00 spent at the butchers.

.

Therefore, the answer is 42