Question

Nick is splitting 4 quarts of ice cream with 9 members of the team. If the ice cream is split evenly, how many cups will each person get? Explain1 quart equals _ pints, which equals _ cups, so 4 quarts equals _ cups. Dividing the ice cream among _ people means each gets _ cup(s)

Answer 1

`\text{1}(7)/(9)\text{ cups}`

Step-by-step explanation

Nick has 4 quarts of ice and he wants to split it with 9 members of the team.

To solve this, we have to convert quarts to cups. We have that:

1 quart = 2 pints

and

1 pint = 2 cups

This means that:

1 quart = 2 * 2 cups

1 quart = 4 cups

So, 4 quarts will be:

4 quarts = 4 * 4 cups

4 quarts = 16 cups

Therefore, dividing the ice cream among 9 people would mean that we have to divide 16 cups by 9 people.

That is:

`\begin{gathered} (16)/(9) \\ =\text{ 1}(7)/(9)\text{ cups} \end{gathered}`

The complete statement is:

1 quart equals 2 pints, which equals 4 cups, so 4 quarts equals 16 cups. Dividing the ice cream among 9 people means each gets 1 7/9 cup(s)​