40 pounds of sugar are placed in packets of 1 over 16. How many packets are there

We first take one pound and calculate what 1/16 of that pound will give.

1 divided by 16 = 0.0625

So 16 packets each weighing 0.0625 pounds can be packed from 1 pound.

So how about in 40 pounds? How many 0.0625 pound packets can we obtain?

We will need to divide these 40 pounds by 0.0625 to see how many of them come from there. So we calculate:

40 pounds/0.0625 pounds

40/0.0625 = 640

Therefore there are 640 packets of sugar each weighing 0.0625 pounds that have been obtained from 40 pounds.