Question

Marcy had 9.98 pounds of sauce. She wants to put them into 2 equal bags. How many pounds of sauce will be in one bag?

Answer 1

If Marcy would want to have 2 bags with the equal amount of sauce from a 9.98 pound bag of sauce, then all she needs to do is to divide the total amount of sauce, which is 9.98, by 2 bags. So if she would do this, then the equation will be 9.98/2. The answer to this problem would be 4.99 pounds of sauce per bag. This makes since because 4.99 pounds (in the first bag) + 4.99 pounds (in the second bag) will make up 9.98 pounds which is the total amount of sauce Marcy has. 

Answer 2

9.98 pounds of sauce/ 2 bags= 4.99 pounds of sauce/bag.

The final answer is 4.99 pounds of sauce per bag~