2007-07-25 17:00:01 · 12 answers · asked by cmc 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Number of candles is = (48 (1/8))/(5/8). Simple division, that's it.
2007-07-25 17:03:03 · answer #1 · answered by Tom S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bought 48 1/8 lbs. of wax = 385/8
Wax for one candle = 5/8
no. of candles =385/8 / 5/8
=77 candles
2007-07-26 01:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by billako 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
convert 48 1/8 to 8ths .48times 8 is 384/8+1/8=385/8divide by 5 =77
2007-07-25 23:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/8lb = 2oz therefore 5/8 lb = 10oz.
Bought 48 x 2oz = 96oz, use 10oz to make 1 candle...
...96 divide by 10 = 9 full sized candles plus 1 candle 3/5 or 60% or even .6 of the full size.
"Waste not want not".
Everyone else seems to have read your question as 48lbs plus 1/8lb. I read it to mean 48 lots of 1/8 lb therefore take your answer with the right question in mind.
2007-07-26 09:10:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets see 48 1/8 make that into a improper fraction which will be 48*8 times 1 over 8 then times that by 5 and theres ur answer
2007-07-25 17:04:07 · answer #5 · answered by Beautomous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
48 1/8 = 48 + 1/8
(48 + 1/8) / (5/8) =
48(8/5) + (1/8)(8/5) =
384/5 + (8/8)(1/5) =
76 + 4/5 + 1/5 = 77
2007-07-25 17:19:32 · answer #6 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(384/8)(8/5)
= 76and 4/5 candles
2007-07-25 17:14:19 · answer #7 · answered by ferdie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(48 1/8)/(5/8)
48.125/.625=77.
Plug it in on a calculator.
Or, if you're lacking a calculator..
(385/8)/(5/8)= (385/8) X (8/5) = 77
2007-07-25 17:05:20 · answer #8 · answered by bleah123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/8 = 0.125 and 5/8 = 0.625
48.125 ÷ 0.625 = 77 candles.
2007-07-25 17:04:42 · answer #9 · answered by Norrie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
48x8+1=385/by5=77
2007-07-25 17:18:15 · answer #10 · answered by clarence f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋