{"id":228643,"date":"2025-06-07T12:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T12:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=228643"},"modified":"2025-06-07T12:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T12:47:23","slug":"carson-needs-3-quarts-of-water-to-make-fruit-punch-but-has-only-a-1-cup-measuring-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/07\/carson-needs-3-quarts-of-water-to-make-fruit-punch-but-has-only-a-1-cup-measuring-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson needs 3 quarts of water to make fruit punch, but has only a 1-cup measuring cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carson needs 3 quarts of water to make fruit punch, but has only a 1-cup measuring cup. She knows there are 2 cups in 1 pint, and 2 pints in 1 quart. Use the drop-down menus to explain how Carson can find the number of cups of water she needs to make the punch. Click the arrows to choose an answer from each menu. Starting with the measurement of 2 cups for 1 pint, Carson can Choose\u2026 to find that there are Choose\u2026 cup(s) in 1 quart. She can multiply this number by Choose\u2026 to find that she needs Choose\u2026 cups of water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct Answer with Drop-down Selections:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starting with the measurement of 2 cups for 1 pint, Carson can
multiply<\/strong> to find that there are
4<\/strong> cup(s) in 1 quart. She can multiply this number by
3<\/strong> to find that she needs
12<\/strong> cups of water.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Carson is making fruit punch and the recipe requires 3 quarts<\/strong> of water. However, she only has a 1-cup<\/strong> measuring cup. To figure out how many cups she needs to measure out 3 quarts, Carson must convert quarts into cups using the information she has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She knows that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • 1 pint = 2 cups<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1 quart = 2 pints<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    First, she should determine how many cups are in 1 quart<\/strong>. She starts with the fact that there are 2 cups in 1 pint<\/strong>. Since there are 2 pints in a quart<\/strong>, she can multiply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • 2\u00a0cups\/pint\u00d72\u00a0pints\/quart=4\u00a0cups\/quart2 \\text{ cups\/pint} \\times 2 \\text{ pints\/quart} = 4 \\text{ cups\/quart}2\u00a0cups\/pint\u00d72\u00a0pints\/quart=4\u00a0cups\/quart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      So, 1 quart = 4 cups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Now that she knows 1 quart equals 4 cups, she can determine how many cups are in 3 quarts<\/strong> by multiplying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n
      • 4\u00a0cups\/quart\u00d73\u00a0quarts=12\u00a0cups4 \\text{ cups\/quart} \\times 3 \\text{ quarts} = 12 \\text{ cups}4\u00a0cups\/quart\u00d73\u00a0quarts=12\u00a0cups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Therefore, Carson needs 12 cups<\/strong> of water in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Since her only tool is a 1-cup measuring cup, she will need to use it 12 times<\/strong> to measure the required amount of water for the fruit punch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        This process involves two main conversions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        1. Pints to quarts<\/strong>, using multiplication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Quarts to cups<\/strong>, by applying the same principle of unit conversion and then scaling the result.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Understanding unit conversions is key in both cooking and science. Carson used logical reasoning and multiplication to bridge the gap between what the recipe asked for and the tools she had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Carson needs 3 quarts of water to make fruit punch, but has only a 1-cup measuring cup. She knows there are 2 cups in 1 pint, and 2 pints in 1 quart. Use the drop-down menus to explain how Carson can find the number of cups of water she needs to make the punch. Click […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}