Question

Marjorie consumed 1.5 gallons of water in one day. How many milliliters are equal to 1.5 gallons, if 1 liter = 1,000 milliliters and 1 gallon = 3.785 liters?

Answer 1

Do you have any thoughts on how to start?

Answer 2

not at all

Answer 3

Ok, we start with the quantity that she consumed, the 1.5 gallons.

Answer 4

Then we use the conversion factor between gallons and liters to convert to liters.

Answer 5

By multiplying by a fraction with the unit we want to cancel out in the denominator and the unit we want in the numerator.

Answer 6

And the numbers follow the units.