Question

Malcolm is feeling bags with rice he starts with a 5 1/4 pound container of rice and shells each bag with 5/8 pound of rice how many bags of rice can Malcolm fill

Answer 1

8 2/5 bags of rice

Explanation:

The above question is solved as;

5/8 pounds of rice = 1 bag of rice

5 1/4 pounds of rice = x bags of rice

Cross Multiply

5/8 pounds × x bags of rice = 5 1/4 pounds of rice × 1 bag of rice

x bags of rice = 5 1/4 pounds of rice × 1 bag of rice/ 5/8 pounds

x bags of rice = 5 1/4 ÷ 5/8

x bags of rice = 21/4 ÷ 5/8

x bags of rice = 21/4 × 8/5

x bags of rice = 42/5

x bags of rice = 8 2/5 bags of rice

Therefore, malcolm can fill 8 2/5 bags of rice.