Question

lewis has a bucket with a 5 gallon capacity. lewis puts 12 pints of soapy water in the bucket to wash his car. how many gallons of soapy water are in lewis's bucket? how many more quarts of soapy water will the bucket hold?

Answer 1

12 pints of soapy water.

8 pints = 1 gallon.

1 pint = 1/8 gallon

12 pints = 12*(1/8)

12 pints =  (12/8) gallons

               = 3/2 = 1.5 gallons.

Since the bucket is 5 gallon capacity, It can hold:

5 - 1.5

= 3.5 gallons more.

But 1 gallon is = 4 quarts.

3.5 gallons = 3.5 * 4 = 14 quarts more.