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A baker has 40 pounds of sugar. He plans to store the sugar in 6 equal containers. He must store all of the sugar. How many pounds will be in each container.

Respuesta :

40/6 = 6.666... in each container

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Answer:

[tex]6\frac{2}{3}\text{ pounds}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

The baker must have equal amounts in all countainers. Therefore we need to use division to solve this question.

  • In this scenario we divide the 40 pounds of sugar between the 6 equal containers.

Therefore we get:

[tex]\frac{40}{6}[/tex]

Simplify the fraction:

[tex]\frac{20}{3}[/tex]

Write it as a mixed fraction:

  • 20 divided by 3 is 6 with a remainder of 2
  • This means the mixed fraction is:

[tex]6\frac{2}{3}[/tex]

6 2/3 pounds will be in each container.