Given:
There are 4 quarts in a gallon.
She wants to convert 6 quarts to a gallon.
To find:
Whether she should multiply 6 by 4 or divide 6 by 4 to find her answer.
Solution:
We have,
[tex]4\text{ quarts}=1\text{ gallon}[/tex]
[tex]1\text{ quarts}=\dfrac{1}{4}\text{ gallon}[/tex]
[tex]6\text{ quarts}=\dfrac{6}{4}\text{ gallon}[/tex]
Here, 6 quarts is equal to [tex]\dfrac{6}{4}[/tex] gallon. It means we need to multiply 6 by 4 in [tex]4\text{ quarts}=1\text{ gallon}[/tex] to find the answer.
