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  • 03-11-2017
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a carton contains soup cans weighing a total of 20 pounds. Each can weighs 1-1/4. How many cans does the carton contain?

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mathstudent55
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  • 03-11-2017
This is a division problem.

20 divided by 1 1/4

20/(1 1/4) = 20/(5/4) = 20/1 * 4/5 = 80/5 = 16

There are 16 cans.
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