Question

Timothy is filing fish bowls with pebbles at his fish store. He wants to have 1/6 of a pound of pebbles in each fish bowl There is a total of 2 1/3 pounds of pebbles that Timothy can use. What is the greatest number of fish bowls that Timothy can fill? Justify your answer

Answer 1

We know that he wants

• 1/6 of a pound of pebbles.

,

• There's a total of 2 1/3 pounds of pebbles in total.

To find the answer, we have to divide.

`(2(1)/(3))/((1)/(6))=((7)/(3))/((1)/(6))=(42)/(3)=14`

Hence, Timothy can fill 14 bowls in total.