Question

marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil that comes in 5/8 lb. bags. how many pounds of potting soil foes she has.

Answer 1

one bag of soil is 5/8 pounds.
you have 16 of them.
just multiply 16 by 5/8.
you could just type it into your calculator, or you could do it the long way:

`16 * (5)/(8) \\ (16*5)/(8) \\ (8*2*5)/(8) \\ 2*5\\10`

she has 10 pounds of potting soil.