Question

Kayleigh has 3 1/2 gallons of water. She wants to fill up 1/3 cups. How many cups can she fill and how much is left over?

Answer 1

Answer:

168 and nothing left over.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 4 quarts in a gallon and 4 cups in a quart, so 16 cups in a gallon. So 3.5 gallons is 16 times 3.5, or 56 cups total. That 56 cups is what needs to poured into the 1/3 cup measure as many times as possible. So 56 divided by 1/3 is 168, with zero left over.

Answer 2

3 1/2 gallons into cups:

56

56 cups / 1/3:

169.69697 US cups