Question

A man is changing the oil in his car. The instruction manual indicates that the car hold pints of oil. The man only has a cup measure. How many cups equal three pints?

Answer 1

The volume contained in a cup of oil is a fraction of the volume

contained in a pint of oil.

Correct response:

• 6 cups

Method used for the above unit conversion

The measure of the volume of oil the car holds = Pints of oil

The measurement the man has for use = Cups of oil

Required:

The number of cups equal to three pints.

Solution;

1 pint of oil = 2 cups of oil

Therefore;

3 pints of oil = 3 × 2 cups of oil = 6 cups of oil

• The number of cups of oil equal to 3 pints of oil is 6 cups of oil

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