Question

Steve picks 55 pounds of pears. He packs an equal amount of pears into 6 bags. He then has 4 pounds of pears left. What is the weight of pears in each bag?

Answer 1

Steve picked 55 pounds of pears. He had 4 left after dividing them into 6 bags, so he packed 55 - 4 or 51 pounds of pears into the bags.

If there is an equal weight in each bag, then we can find the answer by dividing 51/6 which gives us 8.5 pounds of pears per bag.

Answer 2

8.5. take 55-4 then divide the answer by 6. so the overall equation is 55-4/6=8.5. hope this helps!