Question

Mitch jarred 12 liters of jam 2 days. How many days does Mitch need to spend making jam if he want to jar 18 jam in all

Answer 1

3 days

Explanation:

well, in 2 days mitch can jar 12 liters of jam right? but 12 is divisible by 2. so let’s just do that to help us out later, 12 / 2 = 6

now that we have that, let’s make sure. in 1 day he can jar 6, in 2 he can jar 12.

that seems right! so now, can we add 6 to 12 to make 18? yep! how many more times do we need to add 6? 1 time. so 12 + 6 = 18. every 6 liters is 1 day. so 1 day + 1 day + 1 day (18 liters) is 3 days total!

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