Question

I child drinks 1 1/2 cups of milk twice a day.If a container of milk has 15 cups of milk remaining for the child to drink ,in how many days will the container be empty?

Answer 1

Data

Milk drank = 1 1/2 twice a day

Volume in a container = 15 cups

Number of days the contaier will be empty = ?

Procedure

To solve this problem just divide the volume of the container by the milk drank by the child.

As the child drinks 1 1/2 twice a day, the total milk drank in a day will be = 2 x 1 1/2 = 3

Division 15/3 = 5

Solution: The container will be empty in 5 days