Question

Lorraine prepared a 2.5-gallon pot filled with tomatoes to be canned in jars. Each jar will hold 1.25 quarts of tomatoes. If 1 gallon equals 4 quarts, how many jars can Lorraine fill?

4 jars
5 jars
8 jars
10 jars

Answer 1

(c) 8 jars

Explanation:

You want to know the number of 1.25 quart jars that can be filled from a 2.5 gallon container.

Jars

The number of jars can be found from ...

(2.5 gal) × (4 qt/gal) × (1 jar)/(1.25 qt) = (2.5·4/1.25) jars = 8 jars

Lorraine can fill 8 jars from the 2.5 gallon pot.

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