Sharon sells handmade candles online. Today, she is making a batch of her First Snow scented candles. Sharon melts 2 pounds of wax and pours it into snowflake-shaped molds. Each mold holds 32 of a pound of wax. How many candle molds does Sharon fill?Use the model to help answer the question.Write your answer as a whole number, proper fraction, or mixed number.____ candle molds
Q. Sharon sells handmade candles online. Today, she is making a batch of her First Snow scented candles. Sharon melts 2 pounds of wax and pours it into snowflake-shaped molds. Each mold holds 32 of a pound of wax. How many candle molds does Sharon fill?Use the model to help answer the question.Write your answer as a whole number, proper fraction, or mixed number.____ candle molds
Identify Total Wax & Mold Capacity: Identify the total amount of wax and the capacity of each mold.Sharon has 2 pounds of wax, and each mold can hold 32 of a pound. To find out how many molds she can fill, we need to divide the total wax by the capacity of each mold.Calculation: 2÷(32)
Calculate Number of Molds: Perform the division to determine the number of molds.Using the division of fractions rule, we multiply by the reciprocal of the divisor.Calculation: 2×(23)=3Sharon can fill 3 molds with the wax.
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