Question

three bags of packing peanuts are used to fill 2 boxes.how many bags of packing peanuts does each box use?between which two whole numbers does the answer lie?

Answer 1

3/2 = 1.5
each box uses 1.5 bags of packing peanuts

Answer 2

3 bags and  2 boxes so 3/2 or 1.5 bags per box.
1.5 is between 1 and 2.
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