The capacity of the tank of a lawn mower is 7,000 milliliters. A 35-liter gas can is filled to the brim with gasoline. How many times will Ms. Torres be able to fill the tank of th... The capacity of the tank of a lawn mower is 7,000 milliliters. A 35-liter gas can is filled to the brim with gasoline. How many times will Ms. Torres be able to fill the tank of the lawn mower from the gas can?
Understand the Problem
The question asks how many times a 35-liter gas can can fill a 7,000-milliliter lawn mower tank. To solve this, we need to convert liters to milliliters and then divide the gas can's capacity by the tank's capacity.
Answer
5
Answer for screen readers
Ms. Torres will be able to fill the tank of the lawn mower 5 times.
Steps to Solve
-
Convert liters to milliliters Since 1 liter is equal to 1000 milliliters, we convert 35 liters to milliliters by multiplying 35 by 1000. $$35 \text{ liters} \times 1000 \frac{\text{milliliters}}{\text{liter}} = 35,000 \text{ milliliters}$$
-
Divide the gas can's capacity by the tank's capacity Divide the capacity of the gas can in milliliters (35,000 ml) by the capacity of the lawn mower tank in milliliters (7,000 ml) to find out how many times the tank can be filled. $$ \frac{35,000 \text{ ml}}{7,000 \text{ ml}} = 5 $$
Ms. Torres will be able to fill the tank of the lawn mower 5 times.
More Information
The calculation shows that a 35-liter gas can holds enough gasoline to fill a 7,000-milliliter lawn mower tank exactly 5 times.
Tips
A common mistake is forgetting to convert the units to be the same before dividing. You can't directly divide liters by milliliters. Another mistake would be to divide the tank's capacity by the gas can's capacity, which would give you the fraction of the gas can that one tank fills, not how many tanks the gas can fills.
AI-generated content may contain errors. Please verify critical information
