Question

Richard works at an ice cream shop. Regular cones get two scoops of ice cream; large cones get three scoops. One hot Saturday, Richard scooped 234 regular cones and 156 large cones. One scoop of ice cream is 3 ounces. A tub of ice cream weighs 10 pounds. How many tubs of ice cream did Richard use to make the cones? 3. Draw a picture or a chart that shows the information and the question A. 936 tubs B. 468 tubs C. 175 1/2 tubs D. 17 11/20 tubs

Answer 1

The answer is D. Here is how I found the answer:

1. First, figure out how many scoops were served. There were 234 Regular cones with 2 scoops each and 156 large cones with 3 each. So we do 234×2 + 156×3 = 936 scoops.
2. Next, we need to know how many ounces of icecream were served. Since 936 scoops were served and each scoop is 3 ounces, we do 936×3=2808 ounces.
3. Then we need to go from ounces to pounds. Since there is 16 ounces in a pound, we simply do 2808/16 = 175.5 pounds.
4. Finally, we go from pounds to tubs of ice cream. Each tub is 10 pounds, so we'll do 175.5/10 = 17.55, or 17 11/20 tubs.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

D. 17 11/20 tubs

Explanation:

Convert the cones into scoops.

234 regular cones = 468 scoops; 156 large cones = 468

So in total, Richard scooped 936 scoops. Since each scoop is 3 oz:

936 scoops * 3 oz = 2808 oz

Because a tub is 10 pounds or 160 oz:

2808 / 160 = 17.55 tubs