Question

Jessica is filling glasses with water. Each glass holds 3/5 cup of water. She pours 4 1/5 cups of water into the glasses. How many glasses does she fill with water? Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

4 1/5 divided by 3/5 = 7 

Answer 2

7 glasses

Explanation:

Given: Jessica is filling glasses with water. Each glass holds
`(3)/(5)` cup of water. She pours
`4(1)/(5)` cups of water into the glasses.

To find: The number of glasses she fill with water.

Solution:

Each glass holds
`(3)/(5)` cup of water.

She pours
`4(1)/(5)` cups of water into the glasses.

To find the number of glasses she fill with water, we need to divide the total volume of water with the volume in each glass.

So, the number of glasses she fill with water can be calculated as

`=(4(1)/(5))/((3)/(5))`

`= ((21)/(5))/((3)/(5) )`

`=(21)/(5)*(5)/(3)`

`=(21)/(3)`

`=7`

So, she can fill 7 such glasses with water.