Question

Can someone please show me the steps to solving this problem please? Many thanks!

The owner of the plant nursery where you work tells you to fill 350 milliliter bottles from a 30 liter drum of fertilizer. How many 350 milliliter bottles should you bring from the supply room? If your answer has a decimal, round up to the next whole number.

Answer 1

I think
30L=30000ml
30000/350=85.7
so u should bring 86 bottles

Answer 2

Step 1: Assign variable for the unknown that we need to find.

Let x be the number of 350 ml bottles that you should bring from the supply room.

Step 2: Use the statement given to write a mathematical equation.

Given: 30 liter drum of fertilizer

Convert the liters to milliliters

`1\;L = 1000\; mL\\\\30\;L=30 * 1000\; mL=30,000\;mL\\\\`

"The owner of the plant nursery where you work tells you to fill 350 milliliter bottles from a 30 liter drum of fertilizer" means we need to find how many 350 ml are there in 30,000 ml.

`x=(30000)/(350)`

Step 3: Simplify and round up to the next whole number.

`(30000)/(350) \approx 86 \; bottles`

Conclusion:

Eighty Six bottles with a capacity of 350 milliliter you should bring from the supply room to fill from a 30 liter drum of fertilizer!