IXL | Measurement word problems: customary units

At her Fourth of July party, Nora serves her famous grilled chicken. Her secret is to use 6 fluid ounces of lemon-garlic marinade for every pound of chicken. Nora plans to grill 4 pounds of chicken. How many cups of marinade should she use?

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Homemade applesauce is one of Kenny's favorite foods, so he bought 10 pounds of apples at the farmers' market. His applesauce recipe says that 8 ounces of apples makes 1 cup of applesauce. How many cups of applesauce can he make with 10 pounds of apples?

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key idea

There are 16 ounces in 1 pound.

solution

You need to find how much applesauce Kenny can make with 10 pounds of apples.

Each cup of applesauce uses 8 ounces of apples. So, find how many ounces are in 10 pounds. There are 16 ounces in a pound, so multiply by 16.

160

Kenny has 160 ounces of apples. He needs 8 ounces of apples for each cup of applesauce. Divide to find how much applesauce he can make.

160

Kenny has enough apples to make 20 cups of applesauce.

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