Problema Solution
Miguel's mother bought 25 kilos of flour,she put the flour equally in 8 small bags. She kept 3 of the bags and gave the rest to her friends. what is the mass of the flour that Miguel's mother kept. Write your answer as a mixed number in the lowest term.
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kilos per bag:
25/8 = 3 1/8 kilos
she kept 3 bags, so the weight she kept:
3(25/8) = 75/8 = 9 3/8 kilos