Question

With 500 cL of water, water containers can be filled with a capacity of 500 mL each.

• A. 10
• B. 1
• C. 100

Answer 1

The correct option is A 10

We need to fill 500 cL of water in some water containers with a capacity of 500 mL each.

$\text{Number of containers}=\frac{\text{Total amount of water}}{\text{Capacity of each container}}$

$\Rightarrow$ Number of containers $=\frac{\text{500 cL}}{\text{500 mL}}$

We divide like terms only, hence we need to convert units such that all the units are same.

We know that 1 cL = 10 mL
$\Rightarrow$ 500 cL = $500\times 10$ mL = 5,000 mL

$\therefore$ Number of containers $=\frac{\text{5,000 mL}}{\text{500 mL}}=10$