Question

Betsy pours 16 cups of water to equally fill 2 bottles.how many cups of water are in each bottle?label the tape diagram to represent the problem,including the unknown.

Answer 1

There would be 8 cups of water in each bottle because 16 divided by 2 is 8.

Answer 2

8 cups.

Explanation:

Given,

The total number of cups = 16,

Number of bottles = 2,

Thus, the number of cups in each bottle =
`\frac{\text{Total cups}}{\text{Total bottles}}`

`=(16)/(2)`

In the below tape diagram,

Take a grid that represents 16, divide this into two parts,

2 parts = 16 cups

1 part = 8 cups

Hence, there are 8 cups in each bottle.