Question

Cassi bought 5 pounds of dirt. She used 10 pounds to fill a hole in her yard. Then she filled pots with 5 pounds of soil in each pot. How many pots could she fill?

Answer 1

Answer:

8 pots

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct question is

Cassi bought 50 pounds of dirt. She used 10 pounds to fill a hole in her yard. Then she filled pots with 5 pounds of soil in each pot. How many pots could she fill?

step 1

1) Cassi bought 50 pounds of dirt

She used 10 pounds to fill a hole in her yard

so

The remaining pounds of dirt are

$50-10=40\ pounds$

2) Then she filled pots with 5 pounds of soil in each pot. How many pots could she fill?

Let

x ---->the number of filled pots

we know that

The number of filled pots multiplied by 5 pounds each should equal the remaining pounds of dirt.

The linear equation that represent this situation is

$5x=40$

solve for x

Divide by 5 both sides

$x=8\ pots$

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

8 pots