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26vigil:

A bag holds 5 pounds of pet food. If Paul uses the 5 pounds of food to fill 6 plastic containers equally, how much pet food will each container hold? A. 0.08 pounds B. 0.8 pounds C. 0.803 pounds D. 0.83 pounds

26vigil:

so can you help me plz

Shadow:

If he puts 5 pounds of food equally into 6 containers, you can find the weight of each container by dividing 5 by 6. As this cuts 5 into 6 even parts.

Shadow:

Let me know what answer you get and I'll check it.

26vigil:

1.2

Shadow:

5 divided by 6, not 6 divided by 5

Shadow:

so 5/6

26vigil:

sorry

Shadow:

It's okay

26vigil:

I got 0.5

Shadow:

3/6 is 1/2, or 0.5

26vigil:

0.5

26vigil:

I hope

Lilian9667:

ok???

26vigil:

so

Shadow:

Do 5 divided by 6, or 5/6

26vigil:

ok

26vigil:

but then I get this 0.833333333333

Shadow:

Which is the answer

Shadow:

If you round to the second place, you get D.

26vigil:

ok thx

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