Question

You have 6 pints of glaze. It takes 7/8 of a pint to glaze a bowl and 9/16 of a pint to glaze a plate.

a. how many bowls could you glazeb. how many plates can you glazec. how much glaze will be left over?

Answer 1

Part a)
`6\ bowls`

Part b)
`10\ plates`

Part c) see the explanation

Explanation:

Part a) How many bowls could you glaze

we know that

You have
`6` pints of glaze.

It takes
`7/8` of a pint to glaze a bowl

so

To find the number of bowls divide
`6` by
`7/8`

`(6)/((7/8))}=(48)/(7) =6.86\ bowls`

You can't glaze part of a bowl, so you can glaze 6 bowls

Part b) How many plates can you glaze

You have
`6` pints of glaze.

It takes
`9/16` of a pint to glaze a plate

so

To find the number of plates divide
`6` by
`9/16`

`(6)/((9/16))}=(96)/(9) =10.67\ plates`

You can't glaze part of a plate, so you can glaze 10 plates

Part c) How much glaze will be left over?

In the Part a)

`6-6 *(7)/(8) =6-(42)/(8) =(48)/(8) -(42)/(8)= (3)/(4)\ pint\ of \ glaze`

In the Part b)

`6-10 *(9)/(16) =6-(45)/(8) =(48)/(8) -(45)/(8)= (3)/(8)\ pint\ of \ glaze`