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Marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil that comes in 5/8-pound bags. How many pounds of potting soil does Marianne buy?


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5/8*16=?
An easy way to do this is to this is just multiply by the numerator. So, 5*16=80. Now you can take that number and divide it by the denominator. 80/8=10.
Marianne bought 10 pounds of soil.
[tex]\frac{5}{\not8^1}\cdot \not16^2 =5*2=10\\\\Answe : \ Marianne \ bought \ 10 \ pounds \ of \ soil .[/tex]