Question

Vincent bought a 25-pound bag of rice. He cooked 6.25 pounds of the rice. He stored the rest of the rice in 334 - pound portions. What is the maximum number of 334 - pound portions he stored?

Answer 1

Question:

Vincent bought a 25-pound bag of rice. He cooked 6.25 pounds of the rice. He stored the rest of the rice in
`3(3)/(4)` - pound portions. What is the maximum number of
`3(3)/(4)` - pound portions he stored?

Answer:

The maximum number of portion he stored is 5 portion

Explanation:

Given

Size of Rice = 25 lb

Size of Cooked Rice = 6.25 lb

Portions saved =
`3(3)/(4)` lb

Required

Number of portion saved;

First, the size of rice after cooking needs to be calculated;

If 6.25lb of rice was cooked from a total of 25lb;

Then, the size of rice left is

`Size = 25lb - 6.25lb`

`Size = 18.75lb`

Now that we have the amount left after cooking; we can simply calculate the maximum number of portions;

This is calculated by dividing size of rice left by portions of saved rice;

i.e.

Maximum number of portion = Size of rice left / Portions of saved rice

Maximum number of portion =
`(18.75lb)/(3(3)/(4)lb)`

Convert
`3(3)/(4)` to mixed fraction

Maximum number of portion =
`(18.75lb)/((15)/(4)lb)`

Maximum number of portion =
`(18.75)/((15)/(4))`

Rewrite expression

Maximum number of portion =
`18.75 / (15)/(4)`

Change divide (/) sign to multiplication (*)

Maximum number of portion =
`18.75 * (4)/(15)`

Maximum number of portion =
`(75)/(15)`

Maximum number of portion = 5

Hence, the maximum number of portion he stored is 5 portions