Gabrielle baked a berry pie. The recipe called for 6 ounces of blackberries, 9 ounces of raspberries, and 5 ounces of strawberries. In the supermarket, she only found 12-ounce containers of berries. She bought 1 container of each kind of berry. After she baked the pie, how many ounces of berries did Gabrielle have left?
(12-6) + (12-9) + (12-5) = 6+3+7 = ____
16 ounces
Correct, Gabrielle had 16 ounces of berries left.
To find out how many ounces of berries Gabrielle had left after baking the pie, we need to subtract the total amount of berries used from the total amount of berries she bought.
The total amount of berries she bought: 12 ounces (container of blackberries) + 12 ounces (container of raspberries) + 12 ounces (container of strawberries) = 36 ounces.
The total amount of berries used in the pie: 6 ounces of blackberries + 9 ounces of raspberries + 5 ounces of strawberries = 20 ounces.
To find out how many ounces of berries Gabrielle had left, subtract the amount used from the amount bought: 36 ounces - 20 ounces = 16 ounces.
Therefore, Gabrielle had 16 ounces of berries left after baking the pie.