Question

Jason will use a 1/3 gallon pitcher to fill an empty 3/4 gallon water jug how much water will he need in order to completely fill the water jug

Answer 1

I’m pretty sure it is about 1/2 of a full pitcher. I found this out by subtracting 3/4 - 1/3= 5/12 and if you put that into a decimal it would be .41. So that 1/4= .25 and 1/2= .50. You could figure out that it’s closed to 1/2

Answer 2

Answer:

B. Between 2 and 3 full pitchers.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Jason will use a 1/3 gallon pitcher to fill an empty 3/4 gallon water jug.

To find the number of water pitchers Jason will need to fill the water jug, we will divide the the amount of water needed to fill the jug by amount of water in the pitcher.

$\text{Number of water pitchers needed to fill the water jug}=\frac{3}{4}\div \frac{1}{3}$

Since dividing a fraction by a fraction is same as multiplying the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.

$\text{Number of water pitchers needed to fill the water jug}=\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{3}{1}$

$\text{Number of water pitchers needed to fill the water jug}=\frac{3\times 3}{4}$

$\text{Number of water pitchers needed to fill the water jug}=\frac{9}{4}$

$\text{Number of water pitchers needed to fill the water jug}=2\frac{1}{4}$

$\text{Number of water pitchers needed to fill the water jug}=2.25$

Therefore, Jason will need $2.25$ water pitchers to fill the water jug completely and option B is the correct choice.