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A shipment of sugar fills 5 containers of the same size. If the total amount of sugar is 6 1/4 tons, how much sugar can one container hold?
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A shipment of sugar fills 5 containers of the same size. If the total amount of sugar is 6 1/4 tons, how much sugar can one container hold?

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6 x 4 = 24 + 1 = 25/4, therefore it would be 25/4 x 1/5, or 25/20. Simplified that would be 5/4, 1 1/4 tons in one container.
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