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A baker has 6 pounds of sugar. He divides into 3 containers. He then uses 1 container to bake pies. Which expression shows how many pounds of sugar the baker used?

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You take the six pounds and divide it by the three containers to get 6 divided by 3 or 6/3
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The answer is 6/3 for this particular word problem
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