Chad buys peanuts in 2 pound bags that hold 5/6 pound of peanuts. How many 2 pound bags of peanuts should Chad buy so that he can fill the 5/6 pound bags peanuts without having any peanuts left over ?
Please help me
2 ÷ 5/6 = 12/5
so each 2-lb bag fills 2 2/5 small bags.
Thus, 5 2-lb bags fill 10 + 10/5 = 12 small bags
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To find out how many 2-pound bags of peanuts Chad should buy, we need to determine the number of times the 5/6 pound bags can be filled with peanuts without any peanuts being left over.
First, let's convert the 2-pound bags to the same unit as the 5/6 pound bags:
2 pounds = 2 pounds * (6/6) = 12/6 pounds = 6/3 pounds = 2 pounds
Now we can figure out how many 5/6 pound bags can be filled with 2 pounds of peanuts:
(2 pounds) / (5/6 pounds) = (2 pounds) * (6/5 pounds) = 12/5 = 2.4
Since we cannot have a fraction of a bag, Chad will need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, he should buy 3 bags of peanuts to fill the 5/6 pound bags without having any peanuts left over.