a bottling machine filled 3 of every 8 bottles with grape juice. The bottling machine filled 144 bottles altogether.

How many of these bottles were filled with grape juice?

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a bottling machine filled 3 of every 8 bottles with grape juice. The bottling machine filled 144 bottles altogether.

 
How many of these bottles were filled with grape juice?

zepdrix · Answer

The machine filled 3/8 of all of the bottles with grape juice.
So this simplifies down to a multiplication problem.
3/8 times your total.

zepdrix · Answer

$$\large\rm \frac{3}{8}\cdot 144$$

hakunamatata34 · Answer

I think divide 3 by 144 am I wrong ??

hakunamatata34 · Answer

or 144 by 3

zepdrix · Answer

Ahh lemme make sure I read it correctly :) lol

zepdrix · Answer

ya ya ya ya XD multiply

zepdrix · Answer

144, divide it by 8, then multiply 3

maddie82502 · Answer

is it 54

hakunamatata34 · Answer

I got 48

zepdrix · Answer

ya that sounds right c: 54.
144 total bottles filled
3 out of every 8 bottles filled would be 54 total grape.

hakunamatata34 · Answer

nice job

maddie82502 · Answer

thx u two