Question

At the family picnic 5 people each drank 16 ounces of lemonade. How many quarts of lemonade did they drink?

Answer 1

SOLUTION:

Case: Conversion:

$1\text{ }quart=32\text{ }ounces$

Method:

If each person drinks 16 ounces of lemonade,

5 people therefore drank:

$\begin{gathered} 5\times16\text{ }ounces \\ 80\text{ }ounces \end{gathered}$

Converting to quart

32 ounces is 1 quart

80 ounces will be:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{80}{32} \\ =2.5\text{ }quarts \end{gathered}$

Final answer:

They drank a total of 2.5 quarts of lemonade