Ashston has 6 pounds of pecans. He used 1/3 in a soup. He puts what’s left in 1/4 pound bags. How many bags does he have

Question

Can’t understand equation to solve thus word problem

Answer 1

So if 1/3 of pecans were used for soup, we could use the following equation

P = 6 - (1/3)*6

where P is pounds of pecans left after soup.  Note the equation starts with 6 pounds, then we subtract the amount used for soup, which is 1/3 of the total.  So...

P = 6 - 2 = 4

So, we have 4 pounds left.  If one bag equals 1/4 pound, we need to find out how many 1/4's go in 4.

B = 4/(1/4) = 4*4/1 = 16

where B is the number of bags with pecans.