Question

Taylor is making potato soup and the recipe calls for `7` cups of milk. Taylor has `1 1/2` quarts of milk. Is this enough for the soup? If not, how much more does she need?

Answer 1

No. Taylor needs one more cup of milk.

Explanation:

To solve this problem, you need to figure out how many cups of milk Taylor has first. She has `1 1/2` quarts of milk, so to find out how many cups this is, we have to know how many cups are in a quart. There are `4` cups in a quart. So, we take `1 1/2` quarts and multiply it by `4`.

`1 1/2 xx4/1`

`=3/2 xx4/1`

`=12/2`

When we do this, we get `6`, so there are `6` cups in `1 1/2` quarts.

We know that Taylor needs `7` cups of milk for the recipe, but she only has `6` cups of milk. So, Taylor needs `1` more cup of milk to make the potato soup.