Question

An ice cream shop has 2 large containers of ice cream each container contains 12 cups of ice cream. how many 3/4 cup servings of ice cream can be served from the 2 containers? Show/Explain your steps for solving this problem (3 points)

Answer 1

To determine how many 3/4 cup servings of ice cream can be served from the 2 containers, we can follow these steps:

1. **Calculate the Total Amount of Ice Cream:**
Each container has 12 cups of ice cream, and there are 2 containers.
Total ice cream = Number of containers × Cups per container
Total ice cream = 2 containers × 12 cups/container = 24 cups

2. **Determine the Size of Each Serving:**
Each serving of ice cream is 3/4 cup.

3. **Calculate the Number of Servings:**
To find the total number of servings, we divide the total amount of ice cream by the size of each serving:
Number of servings = Total ice cream / Size of each serving
Using the numbers we calculated:
Number of servings = 24 cups ÷ (3/4 cup per serving)

Dividing by a fraction involves multiplying by its reciprocal:
Number of servings = 24 cups × (4/3)

4. **Perform the Calculation:**
Number of servings = 24 × 4 / 3
= 96 / 3
= 32 servings

Thus, the ice cream shop can serve **32 servings** of 3/4 cup of ice cream from the 2 containers.