Question

Amin has 16 pots of equal size. He used 9 bags of potting soil to fill 12 of the pots. At that rate, how many bags of potting soil does Amin need to fill the remaining 4 pots?

Answer 1

3 bags

Explanation:

Given

• Amin has 16 pots
• He fills 12 of them with 9 bags of soil

Solving

• No. of bags per pot = 9/12
• No. of bags per pot = 0.75
• Remaining pots = 3
• Bags needed = 0.75 x 3 = 2.25 bags
• 3 bags (nearest whole number)

Answer 2

5 1/3 bags

Explanation:

12/9 = 1 1/3 bags per pot

4 * 1 1/3 = 5 1/3 bags to fill the pots