You have 23 pound of cheese. You split up the cheese into 4 containers so each container weighs the same. Which of these statements is true? Each container has 14 pound of cheese. 23 pound is 4 times as heavy as each container of cheese. 4*23 equals the amount of cheese in each container. Each container has 13 of the cheese.

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Cassius Finley

7 June, 13:54

You have 23 pound of cheese. You split up the cheese into 4 containers so each container weighs the same. Which of these statements is true? Each container has 14 pound of cheese. 23 pound is 4 times as heavy as each container of cheese. 4*23 equals the amount of cheese in each container. Each container has 13 of the cheese.

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Rayan Baird · Answer 1

23 pounds is 4 times as heavy as each container. Since 23 is divided by four containers ... there is 5.75 pounds of cheese in container. 5.75 multiplied by 4 is 23.