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An oil well produces 172 gallons of oil everyday. A standard oil barrel holds 42 gallons of oil. About how many barrels of oil will the well produce in one day? Explain your thinking.

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So a well produced 172 gallons and each barrel can hold 42 so 172/42 =4.09 so it would fill 4 full barrels with a bit of excess
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4.09 barrels of oil will be produced per day.

  • Total amount of gallons produced per day = 172
  • Total amount a standard oil barrel holds = 42

Further Explanation

To determine the amount of barrels of oil the well will produce in a day, total amount of gallons produced per day (172) will be divided by total amount a standard oil barrel holds (42)

Therefore,

= [tex]\frac{172}{42}[/tex]

= 4.09

Hence, the well will produce 4.09 (or about 5) barrels of oil in one day.

The above is a typical number problem, and has an element of fraction in it. To derive the solution to the given math problem, an order of operation was made use of; precisely BODMAS, and it represents, Bracket, Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.

The Division arm was used to derived the solution to the given math problem.

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