How many ounces are in 1/4 of a gallon?
1 Answer
Did you know you can manipulate units of measurement in the same way you can numbers. Use this as a guide on how to do the calculation.
32 Fluid ounces in
Explanation:
YES I KNOW THIS IS PREALGEBRA!!
16 oz = 1 pint
8 pints = 1 gallon
Let the word ounces be represented by
Let the word pints be represented by
Let the word gallons be represented by
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Using ratio
We can write the ounces to pints ratio as
I much prefer to use the fraction format and you will see why.
We can write the ounces to gallons ratio as
We can write the pints to gallons ratio as
Look what happens when we have
Using an example:
So we can swap things round when multiplying
Thus we have:
The
Use the same approach as above on the numbers:
So for a quater of a gallon we have:
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