Beverages at the Store : 2,000 milliliters of soda; 2.5 liters of apple juice; 1500 milliliters of fruit punch; and 2 liters of lemonade.

Question

2. Mandy wants to buy a variety of beverages for her birthday party. She decides to buy 10 liters of beverages. If she buys one container of each beverage, how many more milliliters does she need to buy to have exactly 10 liters?

Answer 1

To begin, we need to convert all the measurements to the same unit. Let's convert everything to milliliters:

- 2,000 milliliters of soda = 2 liters x 1000 = 2000 milliliters
- 2.5 liters of apple juice = 2.5 liters x 1000 = 2500 milliliters
- 1500 milliliters of fruit punch = 1500 milliliters
- 2 liters of lemonade = 2 liters x 1000 = 2000 milliliters

Now we can add up all the milliliters:

2000 + 2500 + 1500 + 2000 = 8000 milliliters

Mandy wants to buy 10 liters, which is 10 liters x 1000 = 10,000 milliliters. So she needs to buy:

10,000 - 8000 = 2000 milliliters

Therefore, Mandy needs to buy an additional 2000 milliliters of beverages to have exactly 10 liters.