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Each bowl can hold 3 tomatoes. There are a total of 16 tomatoes. How
many bowls do you need!

User Forthrin
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13 votes
13 votes

Answer:

6 bowls

Step-by-step explanation:

So . .

  • If 1 bowl can hold 3 tomatoes

Then . .

  • Simply divide 16 by 3
  • 16/3 = 5.33
  • You will need 6 bowls

Reason. .

Because you must be able to hold all 16! Therefor you round!

Hope this helps!

11 votes
11 votes

6 bowls can hold 16 tomatoes.

Given:

Total tomatoes: 16

Each bowl holds: 3 tomatoes

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of bowls needed divide total tomatoes by tomatoes each bowl can hold.

Solve:

16 ÷ 3 = 5.333...

So, we need more than 5 bowls, [6 bowls] to hold the tomatoes.

User Emiliano Zilocchi
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