Question

Malcom is filling bags with rice . He starts with a 5 1/4 pound container of rice and fills each bag with 5/8 pounds of rice . How many bags of rice can Malcolm fill?

Answer 1

8 bags but 8.4 to be exact but its still 8 bags

Explanation:

5 1/4 div 5/8= 21/4 div 5/8=21/4 times 8/5= 42/5=8.4 bags