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Lucy sells wedges of cheese at the local farmers’ market. To make the wedges, she cuts a big 5-pound block of cheese into 16 pieces.
How much does each wedge of cheese weigh?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
___ pounds
To find out how much each wedge of cheese weighs, we need to divide the total weight of the cheese by the number of wedges.
The total weight of the cheese is 5 pounds, and it is cut into 16 pieces.
We can set up the division as follows:
[
text{Weight of each wedge} = frac{5 text{ pounds}}{16} = frac{5}{16} text{ pounds}
]
So, each wedge of cheese weighs (frac{5}{16}) pounds.
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