Eva wants to make two pieces of pottery. She needs
3
5
pound of clay for one piece and
3
10
pound of clay for the other piece. She has four bags of clay that weigh
2
5
pound each.
Part 1
How many bags of clay will Eva need to make both pieces of pottery? Write the fraction in simplest form.
She will need
Part 2 out of 2
How many pounds of clay will she have left over?
She will have
uhh i don't Know but I tried ...... 1 2/3?
1 2/3
you say you tried, yet you don't show how you got your answer.
she needs 3/5 + 3/10 = 9/10 lbs
(9/10) / (2/5) = 9/4 = 2 1/4 bags
Part 1: To find the number of bags of clay Eva will need, we need to calculate the total amount of clay required for both pieces of pottery and divide it by the weight of each bag of clay.
For the first piece of pottery, Eva needs 3 pounds of clay.
For the second piece of pottery, Eva needs 5 pounds of clay.
So, the total amount of clay required is 3 + 5 = 8 pounds.
Each bag of clay weighs 25 pounds.
To find how many bags Eva will need, we divide the total amount of clay required by the weight of each bag: 8 / 25 = 0.32.
Since Eva cannot have a fraction of a bag, she will need to round up to the nearest whole number of bags. Therefore, she will need 1 bag of clay.
So, Eva will need 1 bag of clay to make both pieces of pottery.
Part 2: To find out how many pounds of clay Eva will have left over, we need to subtract the total amount of clay required from the total weight of the bags of clay she has.
Eva has 4 bags of clay, and each bag weighs 25 pounds.
So, the total weight of the bags of clay is 4 x 25 = 100 pounds.
From Part 1, we know that Eva needs 8 pounds of clay to make both pieces of pottery.
To find the amount of clay left over, we subtract the required amount from the total weight of the bags: 100 - 8 = 92 pounds.
So, Eva will have 92 pounds of clay left over.