Malcolm is filling bags with rice. He starts with a 5 1/4 pound container of rice and fills each

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Sliva [168]3 years ago

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Basically we want to know how many times 5/8 goes into 5 1/4.

5 1/4 ÷ 5/8 = 21/4 ÷ 5/8 = 21/4 × 8/5 = 42/5 = 8.4 bags

Since we cannot have a fraction of a bag, he can fill 8 bags completely.

answer: 8 bags

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