Question

April has 3 pounds of trail mix she put it on mountain each of eight bags how much trail mix is in each bag

A) 8/3 lb

B)3/8lb

C)1/5lb

D)1/24 lb

If possible please explain why.... THANKS in advance

Answer 1

Pounds / bag = 3/8 = 3/8 of a pound per bag.

Explanation:

What you are doing is saying that the total number of bags is 8

Each bag must contain the same amount of trail mix. So your units are pounds per bag. That is a very handy thing to know. It means that pounds is the numerator and bags is the denominator.

• pounds = 3
• bags = 8
• pounds / bag = 3/8
• Conclusion: each bag contains 3/8 pounds.

Answer B

Answer 2

B)3/8lb

Explanation:

We have 3 lbs or trail mix. We need to put it in 8 bags.

Take the pounds and divide by the bags.

3 lbs / 8 bags

Each bag will have 3/8 of a pound