Stefania pours 2 liters of orange juice and 1.5 liters of pineapple juice into a punch bowl. How many kiloliters are in the punch bowl? Use the metric table to help answer the question.

Question

Metric Table
kilo-
hecto-
deka-
unit
deci-
centi-
milli-
1,000
100
10
1
0.1
0.01
0.001
0.0035 kiloliters
0.035 kiloliters
0.35 kiloliters
3.5 kiloliters

Answer 1

To find out how many kiloliters are in the punch bowl, we first need to convert the total amount of juice from liters to kiloliters.

Stefania poured:

• 2 liters of orange juice
• 1.5 liters of pineapple juice

First, we calculate the total volume of juice: \[ 2 \text{ liters} + 1.5 \text{ liters} = 3.5 \text{ liters} \]

Next, we convert liters to kiloliters. Since 1 kiloliter is equal to 1000 liters, we can use the conversion: \[ \text{kiloliters} = \frac{\text{liters}}{1000} \]

Now, we convert 3.5 liters to kiloliters: \[ \text{kiloliters} = \frac{3.5}{1000} = 0.0035 \text{ kiloliters} \]

Therefore, the amount of juice in the punch bowl is 0.0035 kiloliters.