To make cheesecake, you need about 2 1/2 pound of cream cheese. How many pounds of cream cheese will you need to make 2 cheesecakes

5 lb

Step-by-step explanation:

To make 1 cheesecake, you need 2½ lb of cream cheese

To make 2 cheesecakes, you need 2 * 2½ lb of cream cheese

Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction

2 * 2½ = 2 * ⁵/₂

Cancel the 2s

2 * ⁵/₂ = 5 lb

You will need 5 lb of cream cheese.

you basically just have to multiply 2 1/2 by 2, since your making two cheesecakes. You can add them too. The answer would be 5 pounds of cream cheese.