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A toy plush weighed 1/5 of a pound. a flimsy box can hold 3 pounds. how many toy plushes could the box hold?
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A toy plush weighed 1/5 of a pound. a flimsy box can hold 3 pounds. how many toy plushes could the box hold?
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So how many 1/5 pounds can a box, that holds 3 pounds, hold?
total weight = 1/5 times the amount of toys
3 = 1/5 x
rewrite
3 = 1x /5
multiply both sides by 5
15 = 1x
15 = x
The flimsy box can hold 15 toy plushes.
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