How many bags of trail mix can she make?

Question

Mackenzie bought 4 pounds of trail mix to divide equally into 1/4 pound bags for school snacks.

Answer 1

Hi Martieja,

You can solve this problem using division. Since there are 4 pounds of trail mix to divide up, you would start with 4 pounds and divide it by 1/4 pound to find the number of bags you could make (use the reciprocal of the divisor 1/4):

4 ÷ 1/4 = 4 • 4/1 = 16 bags of trail mix