Question

Jerome is a Pharmacy Technician that filled a prescription that used 1/4 of a bottle of ibuprofen. How many pills did Jerome use for the prescription if there are 1,000 pills in each bottle? Write an equation and solve.

Answer 1

250

We can use the equation:
f(x)=1/4(x)
f(1,000)=1/4(1,000)
=250

By using 1/4 of the bottle of ibuprofen, he used 250 pills in each container