Question

Hugo is serving fruit sorbet at his party. He has 1 gallon of fruit sorbet to serve to 32 friends. If each person receives the same amount, how many cups of fruit sorbet will each person get? Explain.

Answer 1

Each of Hugo's 32 friends will receive 0.5 cups of fruit sorbet, as there are 16 cups in 1 gallon and the 1 gallon of sorbet needs to be divided evenly among the friends.

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation of Sorbet Distribution

Hugo is serving fruit sorbet at his party, and he wants to divide 1 gallon of sorbet evenly among his 32 friends. To find out how many cups of sorbet each person will get, we need to know the conversion between gallons and cups. There are 16 cups in 1 gallon. Therefore, to find the amount each person gets, divide the total number of cups by the number of friends.

Here is the calculation:

Convert 1 gallon to cups: 1 gallon * 16 cups/gallon = 16 cups

Divide the total cups by the number of friends: 16 cups / 32 friends = 0.5 cups per friend.

So, each of Hugo's friends will receive 0.5 cups of fruit sorbet at the party.

Answer 2

First we need to find out how many cups are in a gallon.

1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups

So now divide the total number of available cups with the number of people.

16 / 32 = 0.5 cups/person