4/1 is a greater rate of change because it is the same as 4. A whole number will always be greater than a fraction and also the fraction is negative which makes it even smaller than a regular fraction. I hope this answers your question! :)
It would be 80 gallons of water that the dishwasher will use to wash 10 loads of dishes. To figure this out you would need to divide 32 by 4 which would equal 8. You would do this to figure out how many gallons of water a dishwasher needs to wash 1 load of dishes. Then you would multiply 8 times 10 which would equal 80. Hope this helps you!
The easiest way I know is to multiply the divisor by different numbers to see how many times it will go into the dividend. multiplying 486 by 2 or three and seeing which one gets closest.