A shipment of boxes weighs 40 pounds. There are 8 boxes and each weighs the same number of pounds. How much does each box weigh?
40 / 8 = ?
Since it didn't ask for an improper fraction or mixed number and that is what we are studying I came up with 40/8 as the improper and 5 for the mixed?
/ means divide.
Divide 40 by 8. Yes, the answer is 5 pounds for each box.
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To find out how much each box weighs, we need to divide the total weight of the shipment by the number of boxes.
Given that the total weight of the shipment is 40 pounds and there are 8 boxes, we can use the division operation to find the weight of each box.
Mathematically, we can represent this as: Weight of each box = Total weight of the shipment ÷ Number of boxes
So, Weight of each box = 40 pounds ÷ 8 boxes = 5 pounds.
Therefore, each box weighs 5 pounds.