Mr Reams uses 10 cups of paint to fill the small dishes, therefore, the amount of paints left in the bowl is 2 cups.
<h3>How to convert ounces to cups?</h3>
He mixes 12 cups of paints in a large bowl.
He uses the paint to fill 40 small dishes with 2 fluid ounces of paint each.
1 small dish = 2 fluid ounces
40 small dishes = 80 fluid ounces
Therefore,
1 fluid 0unces = 0.125 cups
80 fluid ounces = ?
cross multiply
amount of paint filled = 80 × 0.125 = 10 cups
Therefore, the amount of cups pf paint Mr Reams have left in the bowl is 12 cups - 10 cups = 2 cups.
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