Question

amy has 3 pound of raisins she didvides the raisins equaly into 12 bags how much puonds of rasins are in each bag :show your work

Answer 1

May will have 0.25 pounds per bag.

Explanation:

We know that

• Amy has 3 pounds of raisins.
• She wants to divide it into 12 bags.

To now how many pounds will be in each bag, we have to divide

`3 \ lb /12 \ bags =0.25 \ lb/bag`

This means that May will have 0.25 pounds per bag, that is, a quarter pound of raisin in each bag.

If we divide this using the long method, we would have to add a zero to "3", because 3 is less than 12, so we have to transform it from "3" to "30". To be able to do that, we have to add a decimal point to the quotient, and then continue with the division.