Question

Tasha has a 40-gallon aquarium. If she uses a pint-size container to fill the aquarium, how many times will she have to fill the container to fill the aquarium?

Answer 1

To fill the aquarium, she will need to fill the container 320 times.

Explanation:

This question can be solved using a rule of three.

Each pint has 0.125 gallons.

So each fill of the container contains 0.125 gallons. How many fills are needed for 40 gallons?

1 fill - 0.125 gallons

x fills - 40 gallons

`0.125x = 40`

`x = (40)/(0.125)`

`x = 320`

To fill the aquarium, she will need to fill the container 320 times.