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Derek has 4.8 pounds of potting soil. He puts equal amounts of soil in 8 pots. Derek draws this model to show how much soil is in each pot.

User Dominic Rodger
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0.6

Explanation:

since 4.8 goes into 8 pots equally the equation would be 4.8/8 = 0.6

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0.6 would be in each pot because you divide 4.8 divided by 8 is 0.6
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