Question

A pail holds 6 3 4 gallons of water. How much is this in cups? Write your answer as a whole number or a mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

I'm assuming the pail holds 6 3/4 (not 634) gallons of water.


1 gallon= 16 cups


Multiply total gallons by cups per 1 gallon.

= 6 3/4 cups * 16 cups/gallon
convert mixed number to improper fraction

= 27/4 * 16
multiply numerators

= (27*16)/4
multiply in parentheses

= 432/4

= 108 cups


ANSWER: There are 108 cups

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