Maya buys 18 kilograms of potting soil to divide equally among several large flower pots. She puts 3 kilograms of soil into each flower pot.
How many flower pots does she fill?
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A bar diagram labeled 18 kilograms in all is shown. One segment of the bar diagram is labeled 3 kilograms, or the amount of soil in one flower pot. An arrow labeled question mark flower pots extends the remainder of the diagram.
flower pots
6 flower pots
To find out how many flower pots Maya fills, we can divide the total amount of potting soil she bought (18 kilograms) by the amount of soil in each flower pot (3 kilograms).
So, 18 kilograms รท 3 kilograms/flower pot = 6 flower pots
Therefore, Maya fills 6 flower pots.