Question

Baily has 4 and 1/2 pints of milk. she uses 2 and 1/2 cups of milk to make recipe A and 1 and 1/2 cups of milk to make recipe B. After making both recipes, how many pints of milk does Baily have? (these are 2 cups in 1 pint)

Answer 1

We know 2 cups = 1 pint

Let's convert the pints of milk Baily has to cups of milk.

`4(1)/(2)*2=9\text{cups}`

For Recipe A, she uses 2 1/2 cup

For Recipe B, she uses 1 1/2 cup

That's a total of:

`2(1)/(2)+1(1)/(2)=4cups`

So, she has remaining:

9 cups - 4 cups = 5 cups

We want this answer in pints. So, to go from cups to pints, we divide by 2, so:

`\begin{gathered} 5\text{cups is}(5)/(2)\text{ pints} \\ or \\ 2(1)/(2)\text{ pints} \end{gathered}`

Answer

`2(1)/(2)\text{ pints}`