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an art teacher had 2/3 gallon of paint to pour into containers. if he poured 1/8 gallon of paint into each container until he ran out of paint, how many containers had paint in them, including the one that was partially filled?

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Heather

Answer:

6 containers

Step-by-step explanation:

        This problem is asking us to divide the total 2/3 gallons by the 1/8 gallon of paint being poured into each container.

Given:

[tex]\frac{2}{3} /\frac{1}{8}[/tex]

"Keep, change, and flip:"

[tex]\frac{2}{3}*\frac{8}{1}[/tex]

Multiply across:

[tex]\frac{2*8}{3*1} =\frac{16}{3}[/tex]

Simplify:

5 [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]

        Since the problem is counting the one partially filled, we round 5 [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex] up to be 6 containers with paint in them.

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