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Sam has a water bottle that holds 250 milliliters of water when full. He needs to fill a 5-liter water jug for his team. If Sam uses the water bottle to fill the jug, how many times does he need to fill the water bottle in order to fill the jug? ​

Sam has a water bottle that holds 250 milliliters of water when full. He needs to-example-1
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He would have to fill the water bottle 20 times in order to fill the jug
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There are 1000ml in 1L. There for there are 4x250ml in 1L. Multiply 5x4 gives you 20. Therefore he needs to fill 20 water bottles to fill the jug
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