Question

jazmine made 3 1/3 cups of jam. she will separate the jam into jars that hold 2/5 cup. How many jars of jam can Jasmine make ?

Answer 1

Given:

Jazmine made
`3(1)/(3)` cups of jam.

One jar can hold
`(2)/(5)` cup.

To find:

Number of jars of jam can Jasmine make.

Solution:

We have,

Capacity of each jar =
`(2)/(5)` cup

Total jam made by Jazmine =
`3(1)/(3)` cups

=
`(3(3)+1)/(3)` cups

=
`(10)/(3)` cups

Now,

`\text{Number of Jars of jam}=\frac{\text{Total jam made by Jazmine}}{\text{Capacity of each jar}}`

`\text{Number of Jars of jam}=((10)/(3))/((2)/(5))`

`\text{Number of Jars of jam}=(10)/(3)* (5)/(2)`

`\text{Number of Jars of jam}=(25)/(3)`

`\text{Number of Jars of jam}=8(1)/(3)`

Approx the value to the next integer.

`\text{Number of Jars of jam}\approx 9`

Therefore, Jasmine make 9 cups of jam in which 8 are completely filled and one is filled one third.