A gardener pours 40 pounds of garden soil soil equally into 6 containers. How much garden soil is in each container?

Question

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Answer 1

Hi.

This problem involves division. If you have 6 containers and 40 pounds of garden soil is poured equally into the containers we should divide 40 by 6. The answer would be a repeating decimal so we would round the answer to 6.67 pounds. You could also write it as a fraction (six and two-thirds).