Matthew used 1/5 of a box of flour for cooking and 3/4 of the remainder to make bread. the rest of the flour was packed equally into 5 containers. what fraction of the total amount of flour was in each container?

First, we multiply 1/5 by 4, and 3/4 by 5 So we use 19/20 of the flour already.
There was 1/20 fraction of flour left so divide that by 5 you get- 1/100   There was 1/100 of the flour in each of the 5 containers. 

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