Question

Mr.Spencer has 7 1/5 liters of juice. He wants to pour equal amounts of juice in 3 punch bowel. How many liters of juice should he pour into each bowel

Answer 1

2 2/5 liters

Explanation:

7.2 / 3 = 2.4

Your calculator can help with this. It may even be able to display the answer as a mixed number.

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(7 1/5)/3 = (36/5)/3 = 12/5 = 2 2/5

Since you're familiar with decimal equivalents of fractions, you know ...

1/5 = 0.2 and

0.4 = 2/5

Mr. Spencer should pour 2 2/5 liters of juice into each of the three bowls.