A chef has less than 25.8 pounds of rice. She takes out 5 pounds to use during the day and stores the rest in containers. Each container has 2.5 pounds of rice.
Let x represent the number of containers.
What is the maximum number of containers the chef will be able to fill with rice?
Responses
13 containers
13 containers
12 containers
12 containers
8 containers
8 containers
7 containers
To determine the maximum number of containers the chef can fill with rice, we need to divide the amount of remaining rice by the amount of rice per container.
The chef starts with less than 25.8 pounds of rice and takes out 5 pounds, leaving us with 25.8 - 5 = 20.8 pounds of rice.
Since each container holds 2.5 pounds of rice, we can divide the remaining rice by the amount of rice per container: 20.8 / 2.5 = 8.32.
The chef can only have whole containers, so the maximum number of containers the chef can fill is 8.
To find the maximum number of containers the chef will be able to fill with rice, we need to divide the remaining amount of rice after taking out 5 pounds by the weight of each container.
The remaining amount of rice after taking out 5 pounds is:
25.8 - 5 = 20.8 pounds
Since each container has 2.5 pounds of rice, the maximum number of containers can be calculated by dividing the remaining amount of rice by the weight of each container:
20.8 / 2.5 = 8.32
Since we can't have a fraction of a container, the maximum number of containers the chef will be able to fill with rice is 8 containers.
To determine the maximum number of containers the chef will be able to fill with rice, we can use the formula:
Number of containers = (Remaining rice) / (Amount of rice per container)
First, we need to find the remaining rice after taking out 5 pounds. We can achieve this by subtracting 5 from the total amount of rice the chef has:
Remaining rice = Total amount of rice - Amount taken out
Remaining rice = 25.8 pounds - 5 pounds
Remaining rice = 20.8 pounds
Now, we need to calculate the number of containers using the formula mentioned earlier:
Number of containers = Remaining rice / Amount of rice per container
Number of containers = 20.8 pounds / 2.5 pounds
By dividing 20.8 pounds by 2.5 pounds, we find that the chef will be able to fill approximately 8.32 containers with rice.
However, since the number of containers must be a whole number, we round down to the nearest whole number (8 containers) to determine the maximum number of containers the chef will be able to fill with rice.
Therefore, the correct answer is 8 containers.