Explanation:
The area of Ireland is 70,273 km². The area of Washington State is 184,827 km². So Washington State is 184,827 / 70,273 ≈ 2.63 times larger than Ireland. This means that Ireland would fit about 1 / 2.63 ≈ 0.38 times into Washington State. To express this as the number of times Ireland would fit, we can say that Ireland would fit 1 / 0.38 ≈ 15 times into Washington State.