Question

Baily has 4 and 1/2 pints of milk. she uses 2 and 1/2 cups of milk to make recipe A and 1 and 1/2 cups of milk to make recipe B. After making both recipes, how many pints of milk does Baily have? (these are 2 cups in 1 pint)

Answer 1

We know 2 cups = 1 pint

Let's convert the pints of milk Baily has to cups of milk.

$4\frac{1}{2}\times2=9\text{cups}$

For Recipe A, she uses 2 1/2 cup

For Recipe B, she uses 1 1/2 cup

That's a total of:

$2\frac{1}{2}+1\frac{1}{2}=4cups$

So, she has remaining:

9 cups - 4 cups = 5 cups

We want this answer in pints. So, to go from cups to pints, we divide by 2, so:

$\begin{gathered} 5\text{cups is}\frac{5}{2}\text{ pints} \\ or \\ 2\frac{1}{2}\text{ pints} \end{gathered}$

Answer

$2\frac{1}{2}\text{ pints}$