Question

Jerry is filling his sand pail and pouring the sand into a large bucket. Jerry’s Paul holds 2 3/4 and the large bucket holds 30 pounds of sand. Can the bucket hold 8 of Jerry’s pails full of sand?

Answer 1

Yes, the bucket can hold 8 of Jerry’s pails full of sand .

Explanation:

Here we have , Jerry is filling his sand pail and pouring the sand into a large bucket. Jerry’s Paul holds 2 3/4 and the large bucket holds 30 pounds of sand.

We need to find that Can the bucket hold 8 of Jerry’s pails full of sand . Let's find out:

Jerry’s Paul holds 2 3/4 i.e.
`2(3)/(4) = (11)/(4)` pails and the large bucket holds 30 pounds of sand . So , for 8 of Jerry’s pails full of sand bucket will have:

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`8((11)/(4))`

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`2(11)`

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`22`

For 8 of Jerry’s pails full of sand bucket will have 22 pounds of sand , and bucket can hold till 30 pounds . So , the bucket can hold 8 of Jerry’s pails full of sand .