Sean's mother asked him to buy 5.5 cups of cream for recipe. He found a 4-cup carton and a 15-ounce carton at the store.

Question

Part A

To convert ounces to cups, Choose ounces by Choose.

Part B
will the 2 cartons be enough
The 2 cartons Choose be enough.

Answer 1

To address Sean's situation, let's go through the parts step by step.

Part A

To convert ounces to cups, you can use the conversion factor:

1 cup = 8 ounces.

So, to convert ounces to cups, you divide the number of ounces by 8.

If you have x ounces, the conversion to cups is:
\[ \text{Cups} = \frac{x \text{ ounces}}{8} \]

Part B

Now, let's check if the two cartons will be enough.

1. The 4-cup carton already contains:

   • 4 cups

2. The 15-ounce carton needs to be converted to cups:

   • 15 ounces \( \div 8 = 1.875\) cups

Next, let's sum up the total quantity of cream from both cartons:

• 4 cups (from the 4-cup carton)
• • 1.875 cups (from the 15-ounce carton)
• Total = 4 + 1.875 = 5.875 cups

Finally, since Sean needs 5.5 cups of cream for the recipe:

5.875 cups is greater than 5.5 cups, so the 2 cartons will be enough.

To summarize:

• Part A: To convert ounces to cups, you divide ounces by 8.
• Part B: The 2 cartons will be enough.