Question

Mario is making dinner for 9 people.Mario buys 8 containers of soup.Each container is 18 oz if everyone gets the same amount of soup how much soup will each person get

Answer 1

16 ounces

Explanation:

He has 8 containers of soup at 18 ounces each

8*18 = 144 ounces

There are 9 people so divide by 9 to determine the ounces per person

144/9 =16

16 ounces per person

Answer 2

16 fluid ounces

Explanation:

Mario buys 8 containers of soup.

Each container has 18 fluid ounces.

In other words, there are a total of:

`8* 18=144`

144 fluid ounces.

Each of the 9 people got the same amount of soup. In other words, divided equally, each person got:

`144/9=16`

16 fluid ounces of soup.

And we're done!