191k views
4 votes
A baker made 15 loaves of bread from 3 pounds of flour. Each loaf had the same amount of flour. How many pounds of flour were used to make each loaf?

1 Answer

0 votes

Answer:

0.2 pounds

Explanation:

You can use unitary method:

To make 15 loaves of bread, flour needed is 3 pounds

To make 1 loaf of bread, flour needed is 3/15 pounds = 0.2 pounds

User Gan Yi Zhong
by
5.4k points