Question

She will pour the fruit punch into pitchers that each hold 2 pints of fruit punch. How many total pitchers of fruit punch can Donatella fill?

a) 10 pitchers
b) 12 pitchers
c) 14 pitchers
d) 16 pitchers

Answer 1

Donatella can fill 0 pitchers of fruit punch.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many total pitchers of fruit punch Donatella can fill, we need to divide the amount of fruit punch by the capacity of each pitcher. If each pitcher holds 2 pints of fruit punch, we can convert the amount of fruit punch to pints and then divide to find the number of pitchers. Since 1 pint is equal to 2 cups, and 1 cup is equal to 8 fluid ounces, we can convert the fruit punch amount to pints as follows:

3 cups x (1 pint / 2 cups) = 1.5 pints

Now we can divide the total amount of fruit punch (in pints) by the capacity of each pitcher:

1.5 pints / 2 pints per pitcher = 0.75 pitchers

Since we can't have a partial pitcher, we would round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, Donatella can fill 0 pitchers of fruit punch.