A carton contains soup can weighing a total of 20 lbs. E ach can weighs 1 and 1/4 lbs. How many cans does the carton contain?

Question

I do not know how to do this please help!!!!

 

Answer 1

Couple different ways you could solve this.

You need to divide 20 by 1 1/4.

You can convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction; then multiply by the reciprocal.

Or you can convert it to a decimal, and use long division (or a calculator).