Question

Mrs smith has 3/5 pounds of beans he used 1/4 pounds of beans each week at this rate how many full weeks will his beans last

Answer 1

Only 2 full weeks and then he will be left with 0.1 beans (which is not enough for a third week)

Answer 2

2 weeks

Explanation:

3/5 = .6 and 1/4 = .25. 0.25 can only be subtracted from .6 two times.