Mr. phillips is mixing paint for his art class. how many 6 ounce bottles can he fill with the quantities of paint shown at the right? explain paint 64 ounces of blue, 12 ounces of yellow, 32 ounces of white.

The first thing you should do in this case is to know how many ounces of paint you have:

Painting = 64 + 12 + 32 = 108

Then, to calculate the number of 6-ounce bottles you must divide the total number of ounces by 6:

n = (108) / (6) = 18

answer

Mr. Phillips cans fill 18 bottles of paint