Question

One quart of strawberries weighs about 2 pounds. About how many quarts of strwberries would weigh 1/4 ton?

Answer 1

It would be 250 courts of strawberries.

Answer 2

Answer: 250 quarts

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : One quart of strawberries weighs about 2 pounds.  (1)

Since 1 ton = 2000 pounds

Then, $\text{ 1 pound}=\dfrac{1}{2000}\text{ ton}$

Using UNITARY METHOD,

$\Rightarrow\ \text{ 2 pound}=2\times\dfrac{1}{2000}\text{ ton}\\\\\Rightarrow\ \text{ 2 pound}=\dfrac{1}{1000}\text{ ton}$   (2)

From (1) and (2), we have

1 quart of strawberries weighs= $\dfrac{1}{1000}\text{ ton}$

i.e. 1 ton of strawberries= $1000\times1=1000\text{ quarts}$

Then, $\dfrac{1}{4}$ ton of strawberries= $\dfrac{1}{4}\times1000$

$=250\text{ quarts}$

Hence, 250 quarts of strawberries would weigh$\dfrac{1}{4}$  ton.