Question

A gardener has a container with 6 1/5 ounces of liquid plant fertilizer on Sunday the gardener uses 2 1/2 ounces on a flower garden how many ounces of liquid plant fertilizer are left ?

Answer 1

Amount of liquid plant fertilizer in the container that the gardener has = 6 1/5 pounds
                                                                                                               = 31/5 pounds
We already know that 1 pound = 16 ounce
Then
Amount of liquid plant fertilizer in the
container that the gardener has = (31/5) * 16 ounce
                                                    = 496/5 pounds                                                          
Amount of liquid plant fertilizer that the gardener uses on Sunday = 2 1/2 ounces
                                                                                                         = 5/2 ounces
Then
The amount of liquid plant fertilizer that are left= (496/5) - (5/2) ounces
                                                                           = (992 - 25)/10 ounces
                                                                           = 967/10 ounces
                                                                           = 96.7 ounces
So the total amount of liquid plant fertilizer left is 96.7 ounces.