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Alicia bought 5 pounds of potting soil. She wants to put 10ounces of soil in each flower pot. How many flower pots can she fill?
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Alicia bought 5 pounds of potting soil. She wants to put 10ounces of soil in each flower pot. How many flower pots can she fill?

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Cancel out units that you don't need and introduce those that you do with multiplication/division...

5lb(16oz/lb)(pots/10oz)=8 pots
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