Question

Remy drinks 214 cups of water every 145 hours.

How many cups of water does he drink in 1 hour?

Enter your answer as a mixed number. For example, if your answer is 4212, enter 42 1/2

Answer 1

Your answer is 1 69/145

First, set up your problem.
214 cups=145 hours
? cups = 1 hour

Second, notice how to get to 1 hr from 145 hours, you divide by 145, so in this case, you need to divide 214 by 145.
214/ 145= 1 69/145

*145 (145) fits into 214 perfectly once (1) with a remainder of 69 (69) left over.

Answer 2

1 69/145 cups

Explanation:

We can use ratio's to solve this problem. We will put water over time

214 cups x cups

--------------- = --------------

145 hours 1 hours

Using cross products

214 *1 =145 x

Divide both sides by 125

214/145 = 145x/145

214/145 = x

145 goes into 215 1 time with 69 left over

1 69/145