Question

Scott needs to fill a 3-gallon pitcher with water, but it won't fit under the faucet. He fills a 1-quart container with water from the faucet and then pours the water into the pitcher. How many times will he need to fill the 1-quart container to fill the pitcher?



3

4

7

12

Answer 1

How many quarts in a gallon?

Answer 2

4

Answer 3

Then how many times will he have to fill the one quart container to have a gallon in the pitcher?

Answer 4

12?

Answer 5

That would be for 3 gallons and that is the answer to the problem.