Starting a new unit. Measurement

Question

43 qt gives me how many gal and how many qt. I know that 4qt gives me 1 gal so I think the answer is 10 gal but I don't know if that is right and I also don't know about finding the qt. Please explain thanks

 

 

Nancy

Answer 1

You're right that 4 quarts make a gallon. If you want a ratio version of the problem, it looks like this:

^{1 gal} / _{4 qt} = ^{x gal} / _{43 qt}

 

By cross multiplying, we get:

43 / 4 = 1 * x

 

43 / 4  = 10 with a remainder of 3, so we have 10 gallons with 3 quarts left over.