Question

liam makes soap sculptures of sea turtles each sculpture weighs 3\8 pounds he ships then in a wooden box that weighs 2 pounds the total weigh of the boy filled with the t sea turtles is 5 pounds. how many sea turtles are in the box

Answer 1

We have been given that Liam makes soap sculptures of sea turtles each sculpture weighs 3/8 pounds. He ships them in a wooden box that weighs 2 pounds. The total weight of the box filled with the sea turtles is 5 pounds.

We are asked to find the number of sea turtles in the box.

First of all, we will subtract the weight of the box from total weight to find the weight of all sea turtles.

$\text{Weight of sea turtles}=\text{Total weight}-\text{Weight of box}$

$\text{Weight of sea turtles}=\text{5 pounds}-\text{2 pounds}$

$\text{Weight of sea turtles}=3\text{ pounds}$

Now we will divide total weight of all turtles by weight of one turtle to find number of turtles.

$\text{Number of turtles}=\frac{\text{Weight of all sea turtles}}{\text{Weight of one turtle}}$

$\text{Number of turtles}=\frac{3}{\frac{3}{8}}$

$\text{Number of turtles}=\frac{3\cdot 8}{3}$

$\text{Number of turtles}=8$

Therefore, there are 8 sea turtles in the box.