Question #23226
1 Answer
8 bags are needed to fill the jug
Explanation:
The question's instruction as to calculation ( At this rate, how many bags will it take to fill the entire jug? ) only relates bags and the jug. Although we could work out the jugs volume in pints we are not instructed to do so. Thus the wording is such that the
It would be simpler in the method I am going to adopt to use the decimal equivalent of
Using ratio but in the FORMAT of a fraction
As we need the count of bags put this as the top value of the ratio.
When the jug is full the bottom number will be 1 so we need to change
For multiply or divide what we do to the bottom we also do to the top.
Multiply by 1 and you do not change the values. But 1 comes in many forms.
So 8 bags are needed to fill the jug