Rhianna's class collected 5 pounds of food for the food drive. Avery's class collected 2

Question

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times as much food as Rhianna's class. How many pounds of food did Avery's class collect?Rhianna's class collected 5 pounds of food for the food drive. Avery's class collected 2
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times as much food as Rhianna's class. How many pounds of food did Avery's class collect?

Answer 1

Avery's class collected 2 1/3 times as much food as Rhianna's class, which means they collected:

5 * 2 1/3 = 5 * 7/3 = 35/3 = 11 2/3 pounds of food

Therefore, Avery's class collected 11 2/3 pounds of food.