SOLUTION: We are dividing fractions. The word problem is Mr. P moved a total of 500 pounds of sand with his wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow load weighed the same and was 1/10 of the total weig

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Question 1144111: We are dividing fractions. The word problem is Mr. P moved a total of 500 pounds of sand with his wheelbarrow. Each wheelbarrow load weighed the same and was 1/10 of the total weight he moved. How much did each wheelbarrow load weigh?
I tried doing like this 1/10 รท 500/1= 1/5000
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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..., Each wheelbarrow load weighed the same and was 1/10 of the total weight he moved.
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-----------how much pounds in each load
Answer by ikleyn(52792)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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To solve this problem (and many other similar problems, too), you do not need to know anything.


You need two things:



    a)  to read the condition attentively; to understand every word and to understand the meaning of the problem in whole

        (usually, to get it, it is enough to read the problem  two (2)  or 3 (three) times);


    b)  a bit of common sense, that practically any human creation has to his (or her)  7 - 8  years.



In this problem, you are given a total amount of 500 pounds, and it is divided into 10 equal parts.


They ask you to evaluate the amount of each part in pounds.

At this point, a good style teaching requires me to stop.



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