Maren ordered 4 bags of soil for her raised flower gardens. Each garden needs three-fourths (3/4) of a bag of soil. How many gardens can she fill completely with soil? How much soil does she have left? how can picture in this
we have that
Each garden needs three-fourths (3/4) of a bag of soil.
so
Find out how many gardens , if you have 4 bags of soli
Applying proportion
1/(3/4)=x/4
solve for x
x=(1/(3/4))*4
x=(4/3)*4
x=16/3 gardens
convert to mixed number
16/3=15/3+1/3=5+1/3=5 1/3 gardens
therefore
She can fill completely 5 gardens
she left
5*(3/4)=15/4 bags=3.75 bags
4-3.75=0.25 bags or 1/4 bags
therefore
left 1/4 bag