Question

You used 1/8 of a bag of dirt to fill 1/12 of your garden box. How many bags of dirt are needed to fill one garden

Answer 1

I’m pretty sure it’s 1 1/2 bags

Answer 2

1 1/2 bags

Explanation:

given 1/8 of a bag will fill up 1/12 of a garden box, i.e.

1/8 bag ------> fills 1/12 box (rearrange this)

1/12 box ----> requires 1/8 bag

to find how many bags it takes to fill 1 box, we simply multiply both sides of this equation by 12 to get the unit rate of fill

( 1/12 ) x 12 box -----> requires (1/8) x 12 bags

1 box ------> requires 12/8 = 3/2 = 1 1/2 bags (answer)