Question

Brittany has 6 1/8 pounds of candy to divide into treat bags. Each treat bag holds 3/8 pound. How many treat bags can she fill?

Answer 1

if you turn the mixed number 6 and 1/8 into an improper fraction you would get 49/8.   49/8 divided by 3/8 would turn into 49/8 times 8/3. The answer is 16.3 as a repeating decimal

Answer 2

total candy = 6 1/8 pounds = 49/8 pounds

Each treat bag holds = 3/8 pounds

Number of bags = 49/8 ÷ 3/8 = 49/8 × 8/3 = 49/3 = 16 1/3

Thus 16 bags will be completely filled and there will be some candy left.

So 16 bags can be filled.

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