# Difference between revisions of "2011 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 3"

## Problem

A small bottle of shampoo can hold $35$ milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold $500$ milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles necessary to completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 11 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 13 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 14 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 15$

## Solution

To find how many small bottles we need, we can simply divide $500$ by $35$. This simplifies to $\frac{100}{7}=14 \frac{2}{7}.$ Since the answer must be an integer greater than $14$, we have to round up to $15$ bottles, or $\boxed{\textbf{E}}$

~savannahsolver

## See also

 2011 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) Preceded byProblem 2 Followed byProblem 4 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions

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