Question

Sasha works at the farmers market. She packs fifteen pounds of apples equally into 6 bags. How many pounds of apples are in each bag? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

Answer 1

`2(1)/(2) pounds`

The number lies
`2(1)/(2)` between 2 and 3.

Explanation:

She packs 15 pounds of apples equally into 6 bags.

The amount of apples in each bag is gotten by dividing the total amount of apples by the number of bags.

Therefore:

N = 15 / 6 = 5/2 =
`2(1)/(2) pounds`

There are
`2(1)/(2) pounds` of apples in each bag.

The number lies
`2(1)/(2)` between 2 and 3.