SOLUTION: Matthew used 1/5 of a box of flour for cooking and 3/4 of the remainder to make bread. The rest of the flour was packed equally into 5 containers. What fraction of the total amount

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Question 1011873: Matthew used 1/5 of a box of flour for cooking and 3/4 of the remainder to make bread. The rest of the flour was packed equally into 5 containers. What fraction of the total amount of flour in each container?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39613)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Part 1:
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Part 2:
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Simplify the expression from part 2. Understand that the lowest common denominator is 25.




THIS is the amount of flour put into the five containers.

Part 3:
bags of flour (a fraction of a bag) was put into FIVE containers.


What fraction of the total amount of flour in each container?
This quantity 9Q/25 is split into 5 equal portions.
Answer by MathTherapy(10549)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Matthew used 1/5 of a box of flour for cooking and 3/4 of the remainder to make bread. The rest of the flour was packed equally into 5 containers. What fraction of the total amount of flour in each container?
Please help and show your work thank you tutor!
Using  leaves a remainder of 

Using  of remainder leaves  of remainder, or a remainder of , or 

He places , or  in each of the 5 containers 

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