{"id":263783,"date":"2025-07-21T08:59:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=263783"},"modified":"2025-07-21T08:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:59:43","slug":"lorraine-prepared-a-2-5-gallon-pot-filled-with-tomatoes-to-be-canned-in-jars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/21\/lorraine-prepared-a-2-5-gallon-pot-filled-with-tomatoes-to-be-canned-in-jars\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorraine prepared a 2.5-gallon pot filled with tomatoes to be canned in jars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre id=\"preorder-ask-header-text\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Lorraine prepared a 2.5-gallon pot filled with tomatoes to be canned in jars. Each jar will hold 1.25 quarts of tomatoes. If 1 gallon equals 4 quarts, how many jars can Lorraine fill?<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine how many jars Lorraine can fill, we need to first convert the gallons of tomatoes into quarts and then divide by the amount of tomatoes each jar can hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Convert gallons to quarts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that 1 gallon equals 4 quarts. Lorraine has 2.5 gallons of tomatoes, so we can calculate the total number of quarts as follows: 2.5\u2009gallons\u00d74\u2009quarts&nbsp;per&nbsp;gallon=10\u2009quarts2.5 \\, \\text{gallons} \\times 4 \\, \\text{quarts per gallon} = 10 \\, \\text{quarts}2.5gallons\u00d74quarts&nbsp;per&nbsp;gallon=10quarts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Calculate how many jars can be filled<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each jar holds 1.25 quarts. To find out how many jars can be filled, divide the total quarts by the quarts each jar holds: 10\u2009quarts1.25\u2009quarts&nbsp;per&nbsp;jar=8\u2009jars\\frac{10 \\, \\text{quarts}}{1.25 \\, \\text{quarts per jar}} = 8 \\, \\text{jars}1.25quarts&nbsp;per&nbsp;jar10quarts\u200b=8jars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorraine can fill 8 jars with 2.5 gallons of tomatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner6-1326.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263801\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This calculation is straightforward, as it simply requires converting the units and dividing the total amount of tomatoes by the amount each jar holds. By breaking the problem down into smaller steps, it&#8217;s easier to see how we arrived at the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorraine prepared a 2.5-gallon pot filled with tomatoes to be canned in jars. Each jar will hold 1.25 quarts of tomatoes. If 1 gallon equals 4 quarts, how many jars can Lorraine fill? 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