Question

katie is planting a garden for her science fair project. she needs 2/3 of a cup of soil to go in 8 different pots.how many cups of total does she need in total

Answer 1

Katie need 5.6 cups of soil.

Explanation:

To solve this equation, we just need to multiply 8 by 2/3. Though to make this equation easier, I will turn 2/3 into a decimal by dividing the numerator (2) by the denominator (3.)

2 ÷ 3 = 0.7 when rounded to the nearest tenth.

Now, let's multiply 0.7 by 8.

8 x 0.8 = 5.6

Therefore, Katie need 5.6 cups of soil.

Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

5 and 1/3 cups of soil

Explanation:

Hello there, in this problem we can solve for the amount of soil that Katie will need by multiplying the factor for one of them by the number of pots we have, 8. We get 16/3 cups of soil, or 5 and 1/3 cups of soil.

Hope this helps!

-HM