Marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil that come in [tex]\frac{5}{8}[/tex] lb bags. How many pounds of potting soil does she have?

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one bag of soil is 5/8 pounds. you have 16 of them. just multiply 16 by 5/8. you could just type it into your calculator, or you could do it the long way: 16 ∗ 8 5 ​ 8 16 ∗ 5 ​ 8 8 ∗ 2 ∗ 5 ​ 2 ∗ 5 10 
 she has 10 pounds of potting soil.

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Marianne has a total of 40 pounds of potting soil after buying 16 bags that each weigh 8 5 ​ pounds. We found this by multiplying the number of bags by the weight of each bag. The calculation shows that 16 × 8 5 ​ = 40 . 
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Marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil that come in [tex]\frac{5}{8}[/tex] lb bags. How many pounds of potting soil does she have?

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