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Gen's bucket holds 1/3 of soil.Gene needs to move 10 2/3 pounds of topsoil to his grandmother's garden.How many times will he need to fill his bucket if he wants to move the entire pile of topsoil to the garden?

 Jun 21, 2015

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I assume each bucket holds 1/3 of a pound  

He'll need  3 buckets to move 1 pound

so   3*10 = 30 buckets to move 10 pounds

plus 2 more buckets to move the other 2/3 pounds

Which is 32 buckets altogether.

 

You could also do it like this       $$10\frac{2}{3}\div \frac{1}{3}$$

 

$${\frac{\left({\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\frac{{\mathtt{2}}}{{\mathtt{3}}}}\right)}{\left({\frac{{\mathtt{1}}}{{\mathtt{3}}}}\right)}} = {\mathtt{32}}$$

 

I have  much better suggestion though.

I think Gen should discard that bucket and get a MUCH bigger one.

His 'bucket' is about the size of a little cup.  Maybe the units were not meant to be pounds :/

 Jun 21, 2015
 #1
avatar+118608 
+5
Best Answer

I assume each bucket holds 1/3 of a pound  

He'll need  3 buckets to move 1 pound

so   3*10 = 30 buckets to move 10 pounds

plus 2 more buckets to move the other 2/3 pounds

Which is 32 buckets altogether.

 

You could also do it like this       $$10\frac{2}{3}\div \frac{1}{3}$$

 

$${\frac{\left({\mathtt{10}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\frac{{\mathtt{2}}}{{\mathtt{3}}}}\right)}{\left({\frac{{\mathtt{1}}}{{\mathtt{3}}}}\right)}} = {\mathtt{32}}$$

 

I have  much better suggestion though.

I think Gen should discard that bucket and get a MUCH bigger one.

His 'bucket' is about the size of a little cup.  Maybe the units were not meant to be pounds :/

Melody Jun 21, 2015

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