Question

16 quarts of soil are used to completely fill 5 flower pots. If each pot holds the same amount of soil, how many quarts will each pot hold?

Express your answer as a mixed number.

Answer 1

The amount that each flower pot will hold is 3 1/5 quarts of soil.

Explanation:

Since there's 16 quarts of soil being used to fill 5 flower pots, we just need to divide 16 by 5. 16 ÷ 5 = 3.2. This is a decimal, so we need to convert it into a mixed number. 3.2 is 3 2/10, which can be simplified into 3 1/5. Hope this helped!! :]