Mr. meadows has a 6 1⁄2 gallon bucket. his dipping can holds 1 1⁄2 gallons. how many times does he have to dip into the pond with the dipping can to fill the bucket to the top?

If you were to divide 6 1/2 by 1/12 you would get 4.3 (repeating) but since you cant take .3 of a trip to fill an entire bucket and 4 turns wouldn't fill it completely,

Mr meadows would have to take 5 trips

5 times

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to divide the capacity of the bucket (6 1⁄2 gallon) by the amount of gallons that the dip can hold ( 1 1/2)

6 1/2 ÷ 1 1/2 =  

First, we convert to improper fractions

(6x2)+1 / 2 ÷ (1x2)+1 /2 = 13/2 ÷ 3/2

Dividing:

13/2 ÷ 3/2 = (13 x 2 ) / (2x3) = 26/6 = 13/3 = 4.33 times = 5 times ( since in 4 times  the bucket is not filled yet)

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.