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Jill needs to fill a 4-gallon pail with water from a well.

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She only has a jar that holds 1.5 cups. How many trips will she need to make to the

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well? A – 11?

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B – 21? C – 22?

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D – 42? or E – 43?

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Seems like forever since Jack and Jill’s unfortunate hill episode…

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…but their bruises have finally healed, and Jill is ready to get back on the wagon.

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Of course, we all know they didn’t really climb that hill to “fetch a pail of water.”

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But Jill is looking to make a fresh, clean start.

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This time, she has sworn to actually come back down the hill with water…

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…and not just a dozen hickeys on her left shoulder.

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So… how many harrowing trips is our lovely heroine going to need to make to the top of

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the hill? Let’s start with the easy stuff. We know

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there are 4 cups in a quart and 4 quarts in a gallon…

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…so there are 16 cups in a gallon. And since the pail she needs to fill holds

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4 gallons, we first multiply each of the four gallons by 16 cups to get the number of cups

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needed to fill the pail. Since each trip will fill up 1 and a half

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cups… … we can just divide 64 by 1.5 to get 42.7.

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However, Jill can’t make a partial trip, of course.

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Not one that results in getting a hold of water, anyway.

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So we round up to 43. Speak of the devil - here she comes now, just

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wrapping up trip number 43, and… … oh my.

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It appears Jill has once again fallen victim to Jack’s irresistible charm.

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We wouldn’t drink any of that water, if we were you.

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