which means
has no solution, and we can omit that factor.
This leaves us with
which occurs for
.
1.5 gallons x 3.785 liters x 1000 milliliters
---------------- -------------------- = 5677.5 milliliters
1 gallon 1 liter
Example question: There are 38 students in a baseball club. The coach needs to split them up into equal groups of 4. How many groups can be made? How many kids are left over?
Answer: You would make groups of 4 to get your quotient (9). Then whatever is NOT in a group is your left over.
Answer: 2.7 is the decimal for 2 7/10