Question

A custodian pours 1/8 gallon of cleaning solution into each pail of water that she uses. how many pails of water and cleaning solution can the custodian make using 16 gallons of cleaning solution?

Find the volume of solution in two of these pails

Answer 1

The custodian can make 128 pails.

Explanation:

first, you convert 1/8 to 0.125.

then, you divide 16 by 0.125 to get 128.