Poland Springs Water Company bottles water into bottles that hold 12 ounces each. They ship water bottles to grocery stores in shipments that contain 256 bottles each. When Hannaford’s Groceries receives their shipments from Poland Springs, they split each shipment up into eight equally sized cases. How many ounces of water are in each case that Hannaford’s sells?
There are a couple of steps to solve this problem:
1. Find the total number of ounces in one shipment:
256 bottles x 12 ounces per bottle = 3,072 ounces
2. Divide the total number of ounces by the number of cases:
3,072 ounces / 8 cases = 384 ounces per case
Therefore, each case that Hannaford’s sells contains 384 ounces of water.
To find out how many ounces of water are in each case that Hannaford's sells, we need to divide the total number of ounces in a shipment by the number of cases.
1. Calculate the total number of ounces in a shipment:
256 bottles * 12 ounces/bottle = 3072 ounces/shipment
2. Divide the total number of ounces in a shipment by the number of cases:
3072 ounces/shipment / 8 cases = 384 ounces/case
Therefore, each case that Hannaford's sells contains 384 ounces of water.