Question

An art teacher has a total of 7/8 pound of clay.The teacher puts 1/16 pound of clay at each workstation. The teacher sets up an equal number of workstations in each of 2 classrooms. How many workstations does the teacher set up in each of the classrooms? Show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

The teacher establishes 7 work stations in each of the classrooms.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each work station has 1/16 pounds of clay.

There are two classrooms with the same number of workstations.

The total amount of clay is 7/8

Then, we look for a number of work stations per classroom x, which multiplied by the number of classrooms (2) and multiplied by the amount of clay per work station (1/16) is equal 7/8.

Then we propose the following equation

$\frac{1}{16}(2x) =\frac{7}{8}\\\\ \frac{2}{16}x = \frac{7}{8}\\\\ x = \frac{16 * 7}{8 * 2}\\\\ x = 7$

The teacher establishes 7 work stations in each of the classrooms.