\ 4 people are going to a dinner party. Each person at the party will eat 56 pound of salad. If you can only buy whole pounds of salad, how many pounds should you buy?

224 pounds

step by step :

one person eat 56 pound and we have four person so we must say that :

56 × 4 = 224 pounds

hey there!

if she's saving for six months, let's divide the total number we need for the trip by six, dividing it into the amount that needs to be saved for each month.

500 ÷ 6 =

she needs to save at least this amount each month, so we should use this symbol: ≥

let x be the amount she saves each month.

your final answer is x ≥

hope this !

you can first factor out the n to get n(1+5). we know that 1+5 is 6, so we just have 6n.