Question

a store owner has 63.5 pounds of candy if splits the candy into 5 boxes how many pounds of candy will be each box contain

Answer 1

Your answer is 12.7\
5 goes into 6 once then you put the 1 on the top and you are left with 1 left over, move the 3 down then you get 13. You then ask how many time 5 goes into 13 and that's 2 with 3 left over. Next, you move the 5 down and you get 35.
Lastly, 35 divided by 5 is seven then you get the answer on the top which is 12.7

Sorry if this is confusing

Answer 2

This is a division problem.
Divide 63.5 by 5.

                       12.7
                     ----------------------------
                5  | 63.5
                   -  5
                  -------
                      13
                   -  10
                   ------
                        35
                    -   35
                   --------
                          0

Answer: 12.7 lb