How to solve this prroblem by marianne buys 16 bags of potting soil that come in 5÷8_pound bags .how many pounds of potting soil does he buy

So, she buys 16 bags, each of them weights pounds.

to find how many pounds of soil she bought, we have to multiply:

16*=//16 is equal to 8*2, so we can simpify:
2*

which is 2*5=10

so in the end she bought 10 pounds of soil!