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Robert has 17 lb of grain he would like to put into sacks. Each sack will hold three pounds. How many sacks will he need?

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Answer:

Explanation:

This is a basic problem and shouldn’t take any time at all!

So first you take 17 and divide it by 3.

Your answer should be somewhere along the lines of 5.6666666667.

Now you can’t have 5.666666666667 bags so round up.

Robert will only need 6 sacks.

User Gerret
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Answer:

6

Explanation:

17/3=5.67

since you can't have 0.67 sack. you just round it up to 6

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