Asked by Linda Cashdollar on May 12, 2024
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A school cafeteria prepares soup in five-gallon stock pots. Because of waste, the cooks only get 3 3/4 gallons of soups from one pot. If one large serving measures about 1 1/3 cups, how many large servings can they get out of one pot? (One gallon = 4 quarts = 16 cups.)
Stock Pots
Large pots typically used in kitchens for boiling or simmering large volumes of liquid or for making stocks from bones and vegetables.
Large Servings
Portions of food or drink that are significantly larger than the standard or regular serving size.
Gallon Conversion
The process of converting gallons, a unit of liquid volume, to other units of measurement like liters or cubic meters.
- Compute volume and understand conversions between different units of volume.
- Employ mathematical operations to calculate amount of food or material needed in a recipe or project.
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Anissa SantellanoMay 18, 2024
Final Answer :
1 gal = 16 cups 3 3/4 16 = 60 cups;
60 1 1/3 = 60 4/3 = 60/1 3/4 = 45 servings
60 1 1/3 = 60 4/3 = 60/1 3/4 = 45 servings
Learning Objectives
- Compute volume and understand conversions between different units of volume.
- Employ mathematical operations to calculate amount of food or material needed in a recipe or project.