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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Frank needs to fill juice cups for his little sister's birthday party. There are 35 juice cups and each juice cup holds 12 fluid ounces. The juice comes in 1-gallon bottles. How many 1-gallon bottles of juice will Frank need to purchase? (1 quart = 32 fluid ounces, 1 gallon = 4 quarts) A. 1 bottle B. 2 bottles C. 3 bottles D. 4 bottles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

all the cups combined will hold..? (35*12)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

420?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right so 420 fluid ounces in all will be used

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now 420 divided by 32 will find hhow many quarts will be used.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

13.125

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right. 13.125 quarts. now divide that by 4 to find how many gallons

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3. something

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3.28125

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

some people may think he only needs to buy 3 bottles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so C is my answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its 3.something right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3.28125 galons

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if he only buys three bottles, how is he gonna get the remaining 0.28125? he would have to get one more

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you get it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ooooohhhhhh ok yea lol so A

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its D. he would have to get 3 bottles. but then there would be 0.28125 left. so he would need to buy one more 4 bottles in total

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thnx :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

WELCOME :)

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