Question

You are doing some gardening! You have 3/4 ton of mulch to divide evenly among 5 flower beds. How much mulch will each flower bed contain?

_____ T of mulch

Answer 1

3/4 of a ton means 3/4 of 2,000 pounds (because 1 ton = 2000 pounds.)
3/4 of 2000 = 1500
because: 3 x
---- = ----
4 2,000

4x = 6,000
x = 1,500
Then, 1,500 pounds divided by 5 flower beds means 1500/5 = 300 lbs.
or how many tons per flower bed?
.75 / 5
.15

Answer 2

3/20T of mulch. Each Flower bed will contain 3/20 tons of mulch