Question

Ms. Rivera runs a house cleaning business. To save money, she bought a 1-gallon container of concentrated cleaner. She mixed the cleaner with 10 gallons of water. Then, she filled as many 1-pint spray bottles as she could. How many spray bottles did she fill?

Answer 1

88 bottles

Explanation:

Given

`Cleaner =1\ gallon`

`Water =10\ gallon`

Required

Determine the number of 1-pint spray bottles used

First, we get the total gallons of the cleaner and water.

`Total = Cleaner + Water`

`Total = 1\ gallon + 10\ gallon`

`Total = 11\ gallon`

Convert to pints:

`Total = 11 * 8\ pints`

`Total = 88\ pints`

To get the number of spray bottles, we divide 88 pints by the size of the pint bottle.

`Number = (88\ pints)/(1\ pint)`

`Number = (88)/(1)`

`Number = 88`