Astore owner has 63.5 pounds of candy if splits the candy into 5 boxes how many pounds of candy will be each box contain

This is a division problem.
Divide 63.5 by 5.

                       12.7
                     
                5  | 63.5
                   -  5
                 
                      13
                   -  10
                   
                        35
                    -   35
                   
                          0

12.7 lb

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