Question

A coffee pot had 1

1/2 pints of coffee.
After a mug was
filled, there were 1
pint left in the pot.
How many ounces of
coffee were in the
mug?

Answer 1

8 ounces

Explanation:

Since there was 1 pint left, that means the mug had 1/2 pints of coffee.

Now, convert this to ounces. There are 16 ounces in a pint, so we can find how many ounces there were by multiplying 16 by 1/2

16(1/2)

= 8

So, there were 8 ounces of coffee in the mug