Question

Harry's fitness trainer recommends that Harry drink 8 fluid ounces of water 8 times a day.Harry has a water bottle that's holds 1 1/4 pints of water then filled. Today, he has filled the water bottle three times and drank all of the water each time . Harry claims that he drank the total amount of water recommended by his fitness trainer. Explain why Harry's claim is not true?

Answer 1

Harry has to drink 8 fluid ounces * 8 amounts of time= 64 fluid ounces per day. If Harry drinks 1.25 pints * 3 amounts of time= 3.75 pints. Because there is 8 ounces in a cup and 2 cups in a pint there is 16 fluid ounces in a pint. If we have 16 fluid ounces * 3.75 pints= 60 fluid ounces. So Harry did not drink the required amount of water by 4 fluid ounces.