Question

Roberto wants to sell raspberry jam at his local market. He put 8.4 ounces of jam into some jars. He put .12 pints into each jar.

How many jars did Roberto use to package all of his jam?

Answer 1

Roberto used 5 jars to package 8.4 ounces of jam, with each jar having a capacity of .12 pints, which is equivalent to 1.92 ounces. Since the total amount divided by the capacity per jar yields 4.375, he used four full jars and one partially filled.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question revolves around converting measurements to determine how many jars of raspberry jam Roberto used when he put 8.4 ounces of jam into each jar with a capacity of .12 pints into each jar. To solve this, we need to know that 1 pint is equivalent to 16 ounces.

First, we convert the capacity of each jar from pints to ounces:

• 0.12 pints * 16 ounces/pint = 1.92 ounces per jar

Next, we divide the total amount of jam by the capacity of one jar:

• 8.4 ounces / 1.92 ounces per jar = 4.375 jars

Since Roberto cannot use a fraction of a jar, he would have used 5 jars to package all of his jam, with one partially filled.