Homework Help: Math 156

Posted by Janey on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 10:40am.

A child's dose of medicine is 16
of a pre-measured dose cup. If the bottle of medicine is the size of 9
dose cups, how many children's doses are there in the bottle?

Math 156 - Reiny, Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 10:52am
You must have meant 1/16th of a pre-measured dose cup.

If so, then the number of doses in the bottle is 9 ÷ (1/16) = 144

If it is as you typed it, better call 911.

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