Question

A wine glass can hold 1/5 of a litre of wine. How many glasses of wine can be filled with a 3-litre bottle? Which clue word helps you figure out whether it is division or multiplication? Show work.

A. 3 glasses
B. 5 glasses
C. 1 glass
D. 15 glasses

Answer 1

To figure out how many glasses of wine can be filled with a 3-liter bottle, divide the total volume of the bottle by the volume of each glass. The answer is 15 glasses.

Step-by-step explanation:

To figure out how many glasses of wine can be filled with a 3-liter bottle, we need to divide the total volume of the bottle by the volume of each glass. The bottle can hold 3 liters of wine, and each glass can hold 1/5 of a liter. To divide, we can multiply the total volume of the bottle by the reciprocal of the volume of each glass:

3 liters ÷ (1/5 liters/glass) = 3 liters × 5 glasses/liter = 15 glasses

Therefore, 15 glasses of wine can be filled with a 3-liter bottle.