CPM Homework Help : CC1 Problem 7-75

Jamie has $9$ gallons of paint that she needs to pour into containers that hold $0.75$ gallon. How many containers will she need?

Hint 1:

There are $4$ one-fourths in $1$ .
Can you find how many one-fourths are in $9$ ?
Multiplication can help!

Hint 2:

There are $36$ one-fourths in $9$ .
We know that the containers hold groups of three one-fourths so can you use division to count how many groups of three there are in $36$ .

Answer:

Jamie will need $12$ containers.