Question

Gus is making 48 ounces of spiced cider. If he serves an equal amount to 7 people, will each person get more than 1 cup of cider or less than 1 cup? Show your work

Answer 1

For me, I would want to find how many cups of spiced cider there are all together.
48 ounces equal 6 cups, as there are 8 ounces in every cup.
So now we can divide 6 by 7, as 7 people are splitting 6 cups of spiced cider.
6÷7=6/7
As you divide, you realize that it is going to become a fraction, and the numerator is smaller than the denominator, so it is less than 1. So each person will receive less that 1 cup of spiced cider.

Answer 2

Less than 1 cup.

Explanation:

We have been given that Gus is making 48 ounces of spiced cider.

First of all, we will convert amount of cider from ounces to cups.

We know 1 ounce equal 0.125 cups, so 48 ounces would be
`40* 0.125\text{ cups}=6\text{ cups}`

Since he wants to serves an equal amount to 7 people, so we will divide 6 cups by 7.

`\text{Number of cups served to each person}=(6)/(7)`

`\text{Number of cups served to each person}=0.857`

Therefore, each person will get less than 1 cup.