Question

a farmer is splitting 23 pounds of oats into 9 separate bins for his horses how many pounds of oats will be in each bin

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we must first divide 23/9, which is already in itself an answer. Then, to express it as a mixed fraction you just need to find out how many times 9 can go into 23.

9 x 1 = 9
9 x 2 = 18
9 x 3 = 27

So, the most times 9 can go into 23 is 2 times. 

That give us 2 pounds with a remainder of 5.

So, our mixed fraction is 2$\frac{5}{9}$