Question

Martha, Brett, and Mike are competing in a cooking competition. They all used different amounts of oil from a can containing 8 gallons of oil.

Martha used 17% of the total oil in the can.
Brett used 0.18 of the total oil in the can.
Mike used 0.7 gallon of the total oil in the can.
Who used the greatest amount of oil from the can? Show your work and explain your answer in words.

Answer 1

@Vocaloid

Answer 2

calculate 17% of 8

Answer 3

1.36

Answer 4

@Vocaloid

Answer 5

@Vocaloid

Answer 6

good so Martha used 1.36 gallons

Brett used .18 of the total oil, so he used .18*8 gallons = ?

Answer 7

1.44 @Vocaloid

Answer 8

good, so Martha used 1.36, Brett used 1.44, and Mike used 0.7, so who used the most?

Answer 9

brett @Vocaloid

Answer 10

great

Answer 11

so whats the complete answer? @Vocaloid

Answer 12

read the problem again, and look at what we did...

Answer 13

dont we have to calculate mike @Vocaloid

Answer 14

dont we do 0.7 * 8

Answer 15

nope, it tells us that Mike used 0.7 gallons

Answer 16

but it also tells us that brett used 0.18

Answer 17

Nope, it tells us that Brett used 0.18 OF THE TOTAL, so 0.18*8

Answer 18

oh ok