I hate people who scam so if you get this wrong and you don't take more than 1 monute I will report you. A chef has less than 25.8 pounds of rice. She takes out 5 pounds to use during the day and stores the rest in containers. Each container has 2.5 pounds of rice.

Let x represent the number of containers.

How many containers will she be able to put 2.5 pounds of rice in?

Shef has less than 25.8 pounds of rice

take out 5

25.8-5=20.8

now has less than 20.8

each container hsa 2.5 pounds of race

if we assume she has 20.8 pounds then

total weight=weight per container times number of containers (x)

20.8=2.5 times x

20.8=2.5x

divide both sides by 2.5

8.32=x

we 0.32 container doesn't count so round down

8 containers (if she has at least 20lb of rice but less than 20.8)

answer is 8 containers