A bucket holds 0.25 gallons of water. The water is poured into 20 equal-sized containers and there are 12 ounces left. How much does each of the smaller containers hold? (There are 128 ounces in a gallon.)
1 oz each
To determine how much each of the smaller containers holds, we first need to convert the volume of the bucket to ounces since the given volume of the smaller containers is in ounces.
Given:
- The bucket holds 0.25 gallons of water
- There are 128 ounces in a gallon
First, we need to convert the 0.25 gallons to ounces:
0.25 gallons * 128 ounces = 32 ounces
Now, we know that there were 32 ounces of water in the bucket initially. We also know that after pouring the water into 20 equal-sized containers, there were 12 ounces left. To find out how much each smaller container holds, we can subtract the remaining 12 ounces from the initial 32 ounces and divide the result by the number of containers (20):
Initial volume: 32 ounces
Remaining volume: 12 ounces
Number of containers: 20
Volume per smaller container = (Initial volume - Remaining volume) / Number of containers
= (32 ounces - 12 ounces) / 20
= 20 ounces / 20
= 1 ounce
Therefore, each of the smaller containers holds 1 ounce of water.