Question

Harper is making pudding cups for a big celebration. She made 5 pounds of pudding, but she needs to separate the pudding into individual 4-ounce cups. How many total individual pudding cups can Harper make?

Answer 1

Given :

Total amount of pudding made, T = 5 pounds.

Size of each cup, s = 4 ounces.

To Find :

How many total individual pudding cups can Harper make.

Solution :

Let, n number of pudding cups can filled with 5 pounds pudding.

We know, 1 pound = 16 ounces.

So, 5 pounds = 16×5 = 80 ounces.

Now,

$n = \dfrac{80}{s}\\\\n = \dfrac{80}{4}\\\\n = 20 \ cups$

Therefore, 20 cups can be filled with 5 pounds of pudding.