Question

Lisa made a batch of 27 5/8quarts of punch fruit.Each container holds 7/8 of a quart. How many containers can lisa fill with fruit punch??A)24 1/8B)25C)26 5/8D)31 4/7

Answer 1

We will solve as follows:

*We transform the total number of the batch to just a fraction as follows:

`27(5)/(8)=(216)/(8)+(5)/(8)=(221)/(8)`

So, she made 221/8 quarts of fruit punch. If each container can hold 7/8 of a quart, then we calculate as follows:

`x=(((221)/(8)))/(((7)/(8)))\Rightarrow x=(221)/(7)`

Now, we extract an integer:

`(217)/(7)+(4)/(7)=31(4)/(7)`

So, the solution is D.