Question

Mrs. Clever mixes 1.24 liters of red paint with 3 times as much blue paint to make purple paint. She pours the paint equally into 5 containers. How much blue paint is in each container? Give your sender in liters

Answer 1

Amount of blue paint = 1.24 x 3
= 3.72
amount of blue paint in each container = 3.72/5
= 0.744

0.744 litres of blue paint is in each container.