Finn divided a 5-pound bag of flour into 3 equally-sized containers. What fraction of pound of flour did he put into each container?

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Bryan L.
Mar 2, 2018

he would have #5/3# pound of flour for each bag.

Explanation:

if we are just finding the fraction it would #5/3# because he equally divides 5 pounds by 3 containers. What you're looking for is what fraction can be added to itself 3 times to make 5 pounds. Since we distribute it 3 times equally you would need to divide 5 by 3 and that's the fraction #5/3# . If we find the decimal to check our work it's 1.6 the six is infinite and expands on a calculator it would round though. if we add this up 3 times by itself it would amount to 5 pounds.

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