Question

Savannah bought some cans of paint and 5/6 of a liter of special paint additive formulated to reduce mildew. Before painting her house, she used all of the additive to put 1/6 of a liter of additive in each can. How many cans of paint did Savannah buy?

Answer 1

Savannah bought 5 cans of paint. This is found by dividing the total amount of additive she used (5/6 liter) by the amount of additive used per can (1/6 liter).

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is Mathematics, specifically the application of fractions.

To answer the question, we need to divide the total amount of the special paint additive Savannah used by the amount she put in each can.

Savannah used 5/6 of a liter of the additive and put 1/6 of a liter in each can.

To find out how many cans she bought, we will perform a division: (5/6) ÷ (1/6).

When dividing fractions, we usually 'invert and multiply'.

Thus, we invert the second fraction (the divisor), and multiply instead of dividing. This method gives us: (5/6) x (6/1) = 30/6 = 5.

Therefore, Savannah bought 5 cans of paint.

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