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A baker has 5 lbs of sugar. She divides them equally into 3 containers. She then uses 1 container to bake pie. Write an expression to show how many pounds of sugar the baker used.

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Total = 5 lb

3 container = 5 lb
1 container = 5 ÷ 3
1 contain23 = 1 2/3 lb

Answer: He used 1 2/3 lb of sugar.
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