Question

A science teacher collects 18 pints of lake water for a lab she is teaching. The lab requireseach student to use 4 fluid ounces of lake water.If 60 students are participating, how many pints of lake water will the teacher have leftover?There will bepints of lake water left over.

Answer 1

In order to solve this problem, first we need to know that 1 pint is equal 16 fluid ounces.

So, converting 4 fluid ounces to pints, we have:

$\frac{4}{16}=\frac{1}{4}\text{ pint}$

So each student uses 1/4 pint. There is a total of 60 students, so the teacher will use a total of:

$60\cdot\frac{1}{4}=15\text{ pints}$

Since the teacher has 18 pints, there will be left 18 - 15 = 3 pints.