Question

Wesley is helping refill ketchup bottles. He has 2 gallons of ketchup, distributed evenly among 15 bottles. How much ketchup goes in each bottle? Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.

Answer 1

Wesley has 2 gallons of ketchup to distribute evenly into 15 bottles, which is equivalent to 17 1/15 fluid ounces per bottle.

Step-by-step explanation:

Wesley has 2 gallons of ketchup, which needs to be distributed evenly among 15 bottles. To find out how much ketchup goes in each bottle, we should convert gallons to smaller units so we can divide it readily among the bottles. Since there are 128 fluid ounces in a gallon, Wesley has a total of 2 x 128 = 256 fluid ounces of ketchup.

Now, we divide this amount by the number of bottles to find out how much goes into each one:

1. Divide the total fluid ounces by the number of bottles: 256 fluid ounces ÷ 15 bottles.
2. The calculation will give us the amount of ketchup for each bottle in fluid ounces.
3. Since the answer might not be a whole number, it can be left as a fraction or converted to a mixed number for easier understanding.

Thus, each bottle would contain 17 1/15 fluid ounces since 256 divided by 15 equals to 17 with a remainder of 1, which can be written as the fraction 1/15.