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There are 6 and 2 over 3 pounds of walnuts in a container, which will be divided equally into containers that hold 1 and 1 over 2 pounds. This would fill ____ and 4 over 9 containers.

 Oct 12, 2021
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There are 6 and 2 over 3 pounds of walnuts in a container, which will be divided equally into containers that hold 1 and 1 over 2 pounds. This would fill ____ and 4 over 9 containers.    

 

6 2/3  divided by  1 1/2      —>>    20/3  divided by  3/2     

 

invert divisor and multiply            20/3  times  2/3   =   40/9     

 

                       reduces to                                      =   4 4/9     

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 Nov 11, 2025

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