Susie divided a 9-pound bag of apples into 5 equal piles. How many pounds of apples are in each pile?

1 Answer
May 30, 2017

Susie had 1.8 pounds of apples in each pile.

Explanation:

This is just simple division.

Because Susie is dividing a 9 pound bag into 5 equal piles, we can say that she is dividing 9 by 5, or in other terms, 9÷5.

9 ÷ 5 = 1.8

therefore Susie had 1.8 pounds of apples in each pile.