Question

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?

Answer 1

Explanation:

You have 6 pounds of sugar, when you set it into 3 containers, you will get:

6:3=2 ( pounds per container)

And he used one container for pies it would be:

1 container contains 2 pounds of sugar, so he used 2 pounds of sugar.