Question

Samuel found three open quart containers of orange juice in his refrigerator. One container is half full of juice. The second container is a 1/4 full. The third container is 1/8 full of juice. How many ounces of juice does Sam have? Will he be able to combine all the juice in a one-quart container? Hint: a quart has 32 ounces. Show all your work.

Answer 1

ANSWER

Samuel will have 28 ounces of juice

Yes, it will be able to fill a one-quart container

EXPLANATION

The first container was 1/2 full of juice.

The second container was 1/4 full of juice.

The third container was 1/8 full of juice.

Note: Each container is a one quart container.

To find how many ounces of Juice Sam will have, we have to first calculate the total amount of quarts of juice that he has.

That is:

$\frac{1}{2}\text{ + }\frac{1}{4}\text{ + }\frac{1}{8}\text{ = }\frac{7}{8}\text{ quart}$

We have that:

1 quart = 32 ounces

=> 7/8 quart = 32 * 7/8 = 28 ounces

Samuel will have 28 ounces of juice.

As earlier calculated, Samuel has 7/8 quart of juice.

So, yes, it will be able to fill a one-quart container.