Question

Ava is filling buckets of water and needs to put 2 1/10 gallons of water in each bucket. She has 5 buckets. How many total gallons of water does she need?

a) 11 gallons
b) 10 gallons
c) 12 gallons
d) 9 gallons

Answer 1

Ava needs 2 1/10 gallons for each of her 5 buckets, so a simple multiplication gives us 10 5/10 gallons, which we can round down to 10 gallons. Hence, the correct answer is (b) 10 gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question about Ava filling buckets of water requires multiplying the amount of water for each bucket by the total number of buckets to find out how many total gallons are needed. Since Ava needs 2 1/10 gallons for each bucket, and she has 5 buckets, we can write this as a multiplication problem:

2 1/10 gallons/bucket × 5 buckets = 10 5/10 gallons = 10.5 gallons.

However, since the options only provide whole numbers, we can round down to 10 gallons as the closest option without going over the actual total.

Therefore, the correct answer is (b) 10 gallons.