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If 8 pounds of grass seed are divided equally into five piles, what is the weight of one of these piles?

A) 5/8 pound
B) 8/5 pounds
C) 5 1/8 pounds
D) 8 1/5 pounds

User JamieD
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1.6 is the answer a,b,c,d is wrong
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(B) because 8/5 is just another way of saying 8 รท 5. The 8 pounds of grass are divided into 5, this means 8/5
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