If a gardener has 2.625 pounds of soil and divides it into bags with equal amounts, how much soil would be in each bag?
How many bags?
2.625 / 9 = 0.2916667 pound
To find out how much soil would be in each bag, we need to divide the total amount of soil by the number of bags.
To do this, we can use the division operation.
First, let's convert 2.625 pounds to a decimal form. Since there are 16 ounces in a pound, we'll divide 2.625 by 16 to get the amount in pounds:
2.625 pounds ÷ 16 = 0.1640625 pounds
Now, let's assume that each bag contains an equal amount of soil, denoted by x pounds.
So, we can set up the equation:
x pounds = 0.1640625 pounds (amount in each bag)
To find x, we can divide both sides of the equation by 1:
x pounds / 1 = 0.1640625 pounds / 1
x pounds = 0.1640625 pounds
Therefore, each bag would contain approximately 0.1640625 pounds of soil.