Question

4. A gardener has 3.3 pounds of soil . He needs to store the soil in containers that each hold 0.55 of a pound of sol. How many containers will he need for all the soil? type

Answer 1

In order to calculate how many containers will be needed, we can use a rule of three:

$\begin{gathered} 1\text{ container}\to0.55\text{ pounds of soil} \\ x\text{ containers}\to3.3\text{ pounds of soil} \\ \\ \frac{1}{x}=\frac{0.55}{3.3} \\ x=\frac{3.3}{0.55} \\ x=6 \end{gathered}$

So it will be needed 6 containers.