Marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil that comes in 5/8- pound bags. If marianne's father calls and says he needs 13 pounds of p

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scZoUnD [109]

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Marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil that comes in 5/8- pound bags. If marianne's father calls and says he needs 13 pounds of p

otting soli, how many additional bags should she buy?

Mathematics

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sergejj [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-29T03:54:22+03:00

sergejj [24]3 years ago

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Say . . . (13 lbs)/(5/8 lbs/bag) . . . make sure units cancel . . . 13/5*8 = 20.8 bags . . . but get 21 bags just because you can't buy a fraction of a bag.