Question

A restaurant buys mustard in 3/4 pound jars. If a 27 pound carton was bought, how many jars would be in the carton?

Answer 1

36 Jars

Explanation:

Divide weight of carton by weight of jars:

`(27)/((3/4)\\)` = 36

Alternatively 3/4 = 0.75 so:

`(27)/(0.75)` = 36