A baker has 5 lbs of sugar. She divides them equally into 3 containers. She then uses 1 container to bake pie. Write an expression to show how many pounds of sugar the baker used.

Respuesta :

Total = 5 lb

3 container = 5 lb
1 container = 5 ÷ 3 
1 contain23 = 1 2/3 lb

Answer: He used 1 2/3 lb of sugar.