Question

15 kilograms of rice are separated equally into 4 containers. How many kilograms of rice are in each container? Express your answer as a decimal and as a fraction. Hint: Use the remainder to form fractions

We needa use fractions to solve this so help

Answer 1

Answer: Fraction= 3 3/4kg

Decimal= 3.75kg

Explanation:

15 kilograms of rice are separated equally into 4 containers. To get the number of kilograms of rice are in each container, we divide the total kilograms of rice by the number of containers. This will be:

Kilograms of rice in each container=

15/4 =3 3/4kg as a fraction.

To convert the fraction to decimal, we divide 3 by 4 and add to 3. 3/4 equals 0.75. We then add 3 to 0.75. This will be:

Decimal of 3 3/4 = 3+0.75 = 3.75kg