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You are filling bottles from 5 gallons of lemonade. How many bottles can you fill when each bottle is 3/8 of a gallon?

User Hyejung
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5 gallons and each bottle is 3/8

8 times 5 equals 40

sooo =(total parts of the gallon being cut into eighths) 40/8

Now count by 3's to try to get as close as 40 :

3/8= 1 bottle

6/8= 2 bottles

9/8= 3 bottles

12/8= 4 bottles

15/8= 5 bottles

18/8= 6 bottles

21/8= 7 bottles

24/8= 8 bottles

27/8= 9 bottles

30/8=10 bottles

33/8= 11 bottles

36/8=12 bottles

39/8= 13 bottles

Answer: 13 bottles can be filled with 1/8 being left over

User Tobias Hunger
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Answer:


13(1)/(3) bottles.

Explanation:

We have been given that you are filling bottles from 5 gallons of lemonade. We are asked to find the number of bottles each holding 3/8 of a gallon that can be filled from 5 gallons of lemonade.

To find the number of bottles, we will divide 5 by 3/8 as:


\text{Number of 3/8 gallon bottles}=5/ (3)/(8)


\text{Number of 3/8 gallon bottles}=(5)/(1)/ (3)/(8)

Convert to multiply problem by flipping the 2nd fraction:


\text{Number of 3/8 gallon bottles}=(5)/(1)* (8)/(3)


\text{Number of 3/8 gallon bottles}=(5* 8)/(1* 3)


\text{Number of 3/8 gallon bottles}=(40)/(3)


\text{Number of 3/8 gallon bottles}=13(1)/(3)

Therefore,
13(1)/(3) bottles of lemonade can be filled.

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