Question

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.
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**.