Question

Zoe is helping her grandmother freeze strawberries from the family garden. They have 20 pounds of strawberries to freeze. If they put 1.25 pounds of strawberries into each freezing container, how many containers will they fill?

Answer 1

16

Explanation:

1 Container = 1.25 Pounds

? Container = 20 Pounds

• (Simple crisscross multiplication) 1 x 20 Pounds = 20 = 16 Containers

1.25Pounds 1.25