Question

Kelly is using a bucket to fill up a barrel with water from a well the barrel holds 25 5/10 L the bucket holds 800 mL the fair already has 5 2/10 L of water in it what is the least number of buckets need build a bear

Answer 1

26

Explanation:

The empty space in the barrel is ...

25.5 L -5.2 L = 20.3 L

Each time Kelly uses her bucket, she puts up to 0.8 L more water into the barrel. She needs to do that ...

20.3/0.8 = 25.375

more times.

Kelly needs to use her bucket 26 times to finish filling the barrel.

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We don't know how to build a bear with a bucket of any size.