Question

Forty-eight pounds of sand are used to fill 12 bags. Miranda uses the five-step problem-solving plan. After completing the Solve step, how many pounds of sand should she find each bag will hold?

Answer 1

To find out how much sand is in each bag we need to divide the total number of sand from the total amount of bags Miranda had.

48 / 12 = 4

Each bag had 4 pounds of sand it can hold.

Answer 2

Answer with explanation:

According to the Five-pan strategy ,

• Step 1 . Read given problem
• Step 2. Construct a plan to solve it.
• Step 3. Perform it.
• Step 4. Check answer.
• Step 5. Write final answer with statement.

For given problem :

Step 1. 48 pounds of sand are used to fill 12 bags.

To find : how many pounds of sand should she find each bag will hold?

Step 2. We need to divide the total amount of sand require to fill 12 bags by 12.

Step 3. Amount of sand require to fill one bag = (amount of sand require to fill 12 bags) ÷ 12

= (48) ÷ 12

= 4 pounds

Step 4. Checking our answer as

Amount of sand require to fill 12 bags = 12 x (Amount of sand require to fill one bag)

= 12 x 4 = 48 pounds which is given, thus our answer is correct.

Step 5. She should fill 4 pounds of sand in each bag.