Question

Kendra has 5.5 pounds of popcorn and wants to package it equally in 50 bags.How can she use place-value reasoning to find the amount of popcorn to put in each bag?

Answer 1

0.11 pounds

Explanation:

Kendra has a pounds of popcorn =5.5 ponds

Number of bags in which popcorn to be packed=50 bags

To find amount of popcorn in each bag divide 5.5 pounds

Amount of popcorn in each bag =5.5÷50

Amount of popcorn in each bag= 0.11 pounds

Hence, the correct answer is 0.11 pounds

Answer 2

She has 5.5 pounds and wants to split it into 50 bags.

This is a division problem. She wants to divide 5.5 pound into 50 bag:

5.5 / 50 = 1.1 / 10

As far as "place-value reasoning" goes, she could realize that dividing by 10 is the same thing as moving the decimal place to the left, so:

1.1 / 10
= 0.11 pounds on each bag