Liam has 9/10 gallon of paint for painting the birdhouses he sells at the craft fair. Each birdhouse requires 1/20 gallon of paint. How many birdhouses can Liam paint?
I divided 9/10 by 1/20 and I got 18. Is this correct?
It's correct.
1/2 x 1/2=1/4
yep ur right
To find out how many birdhouses Liam can paint, we need to divide the total amount of paint Liam has by the amount of paint needed for each birdhouse.
Liam has 9/10 gallon of paint, and each birdhouse requires 1/20 gallon of paint.
To divide fractions, we multiply the numerator of the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
9/10 ÷ 1/20 = (9/10) * (20/1)
Next, we multiply the numerators (top numbers) together and the denominators (bottom numbers) together:
= (9 * 20) / (10 * 1)
Multiplying the numerator and the denominator:
= 180/10
Simplifying this fraction, we divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 10:
= 18/1
So, Liam can paint 18 birdhouses with the amount of paint he has.
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