Question

Nathan uses 1/18 of a gallon of milk each time he eats a bowl of cereal.Nathan has used 8 gallons of milk for cereal in one year.how many bowls of cereal did he eat?

Answer 1

To do this we would have to do 18×8, which equals 142. 142 bowls of cereal.

Answer 2

Let us assume the total number of bowls of cereal that Nathan has eaten in a year = x

With each bowl of cereal, Nathan has 1/18 gallon of Milk.

In total the number of gallons of mulk in a year = 8 gallons,

Therefore, we frame the equation as shown below to calculate "x"

1/18 * x = 8

x = 18*8 = 144

Number of bowls of cereal Nathan ate in a year = 144 bowls