Question

Lynn has a watering can that holds 16 cups of water, and she fills it half full. Then she waters her 11 plants so that each plant gets the same amount of water. How many cups of water will each plant get?

Answer 1

Answer
Half full, so 8 cups of water.
27
3.8
8/15 = 0.5333333333333 cups of water per plant.
= 0.533 cups of water per plant (3 significant
figures).

Answer 2

Explanation:

the can holds 16 cups, but is only filled half.

so, there are 8 cups of water in there.

these 8 cups get equally distributed (= divided) across 11 plants.

that means the 8 cups need to be split into 11 equal parts.

so, every plant gets 8/11 cups of water