Question

A school goes through 10 gallons of milk in 3 days.

Li wants to know how many gallons they use in 1 day. Emma wants to know how long 1 gallon will last.

110 × 3
3 × 110
10 ÷ 3
3 ÷ 10
110 of 3
Li: How many gallons in 1 day?
Emma: How many days does it take to finish 1 gallon?
Other:

Answer 1

g = gallons d = days
10g = 3d
?g = 1d
1g = ?d
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for gallons in a day, divide 10g = 3d by 3
d = 10/3 gallons
3 and 1/3 gallons in a day
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for days per gallon, divide 10g = 3d by 10
g = 3/10 days
1 gallon lasts 3/10 of a day