Question

A baker has 40 pounds of sugar. He plans to store the sugar in 6 equal containers. He must store all of the sugar. How many pounds will be in each container.

Answer 1

40/6 = 6.666... in each container

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Answer 2

`6(2)/(3)\text{ pounds}`

Explanation:

The baker must have equal amounts in all countainers. Therefore we need to use division to solve this question.

• In this scenario we divide the 40 pounds of sugar between the 6 equal containers.

Therefore we get:

`(40)/(6)`

Simplify the fraction:

`(20)/(3)`

Write it as a mixed fraction:

• 20 divided by 3 is 6 with a remainder of 2
• This means the mixed fraction is:

`6(2)/(3)`

6 2/3 pounds will be in each container.