Question

Sylvia has 51.78 pounds of dirt. She has 20 buckets and would like to put 2.56 pounds of dirt into each bucket. Are there enough buckets for all of the dirt to be in a bucket? Show your Math and Explain your steps to determine your answer.

Answer 1

Yes and no, with the amount of dirt there is most of it would fit in the 20 buckets but there are still 0.2 pounds of dirt left.

Explanation:

2.56x = 51.78

Divide

x = 20.2