Question

Trucker's Heaven Diner uses hundreds of plates, glasses, and cups each day. The dishwashers start a new load of dishes every 1 1/4 hours. If the dishwashers work for 10 hours . How many loads off dishes do they wash in that time?

A: 1/2
B: 8
C: 8 3/4
D: 12 1/3

Answer 1

B: 8

Explanation:

we are given two numbers which we can use to help solve this problem

A: the number of hours the dishwasher is being used

B: how long it takes the dishwasher to do each load

using this info we can find how many loads were washed in 10 hours by dividing the time it takes for each load by how many hours were spent.

10 / 1.25 = 8