Ms. Chavez will be serving mango juice at a party for her class of 26 students. If she serves 250 milliliters of juice to each student, how many liters and milliliters of juice wil... Ms. Chavez will be serving mango juice at a party for her class of 26 students. If she serves 250 milliliters of juice to each student, how many liters and milliliters of juice will she need to buy?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking to calculate the total amount of juice needed for a class party, given the number of students and the amount of juice each student will receive. The final answer needs to be in liters and milliliters.
Answer
6 liters and 500 milliliters
Answer for screen readers
6 liters and 500 milliliters
Steps to Solve
- Calculate the total milliliters of juice needed
Multiply the number of students by the amount of juice each student receives:
$26 \text{ students} \times 250 \text{ ml/student} = 6500 \text{ ml}$
- Convert milliliters to liters
Since 1 liter (L) is equal to 1000 milliliters (ml), divide the total milliliters by 1000 to convert to liters:
$6500 \text{ ml} \div 1000 \text{ ml/L} = 6.5 \text{ L}$
- Separate liters and milliliters
The result from the previous step is $6.5$ liters. This means we have 6 full liters and 0.5 liters remaining. Convert the $0.5$ liters to milliliters:
$0.5 \text{ L} \times 1000 \text{ ml/L} = 500 \text{ ml}$
- State the final answer
Therefore, Ms. Chavez needs 6 liters and 500 milliliters of juice.
6 liters and 500 milliliters
More Information
There are 1,000 milliliters in 1 liter.
Tips
A common mistake is to forget to convert the total milliliters into liters and milliliters, or to make a mistake during the conversion process by multiplying instead of dividing (or vice versa). Another common mistake is to incorrectly perform the multiplication in step 1.
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