Question

Justin has 60 ounces of lemonade to divide among 9 people. when he types 60÷9 into his calculator, the number that appears is 6.666666667. where should Justin round?

Answer 1

Justin should round this to six ounces and two-thirds of an ounce for ech person.

Step-by-step explanation

To perfect this, we need to do the division ourselves

60 ÷ 9

= (60/9)

Divide both numerator and denominator by 3

(60/9)

= (20/3)

We can then write this as a mixed fraction, (20/3) will give 6, and a remainder of 2.

(20/3) = 6 (2/3)

So, the best way for Justin to do this is to give each person 6 ounces of lemonade (that gives 54 ounces of lemonade in all), then add two-thirds of an ounce of lemonade to each person's own (the remaining 6 ounces will finish perfectly in this manner).

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