Fill in the blanks below Victoria plans to repaint some classroom bookcases. She has 2 gallons of paint. All of the bookcases are the same size and each requires one eigth

Question

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gallon of paint. How many bookcases will she be able to paint?
To solve, we'll need to A multiply 1/8 by 2, B we'll need to divide 2 by 1/8 because we know the SIZE of the groups and the ,A number of groups, B total gallons of paint, but we don't know the , A Number of groups, B total gallons of paint

Answer 1

A) multiply 1/8 by 2
1/8 * 2 = 1/4

B) divide 2 by 1/8
2 / 1/8 = 16

Victoria will be able to paint 16 bookcases.