Question

Chin canned a number of quart jars and a number of pint jars of tomatoes from his garden. A pint is 16 ounces and a quart is 32 ounces. The number of pints he canned is represented by p, and the number of quarts he canned is represented by q. Which equation models the scenario if Chin canned a total of 1,280 ounces?

1280 plus 16 p equals 32 q
1280 plus 32 q equals 16 p
32 q minus 16 p equals 1280
16 p plus 32 q equals 1280

Answer 1

16 p plus 32 q equals 1280

Reason: each pint is 16 oz and each quart is 32 oz, so total ounces = 16p + 32q, which equals 1280.