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Beverages at the store
2 pints of milk 2 quarts of orange juice 16 cups of chocolate milk 32 ounces of lemonade
Julius is buying beverages for brunch. She needs to buy a total of 5 gallons of beverages. He decides to buy two containers of each beverage. How many gallons of beverage did he buy?
First, we need to convert all the measurements to gallons so we can add them up to find the total amount of beverages Julius bought.
1 gallon = 8 pints
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 gallon = 16 cups
1 gallon = 128 ounces
Converting each beverage to gallons:
2 pints of milk = 2/8 = 0.25 gallons
2 quarts of orange juice = 2/4 = 0.5 gallons
16 cups of chocolate milk = 16/16 = 1 gallon
32 ounces of lemonade = 32/128 = 0.25 gallons
Adding up the total amount of beverages Julius bought:
Total gallons = (0.25 + 0.5 + 1 + 0.25) x 2
Total gallons = 1 + 1 + 2 + 0.5
Total gallons = 4.5 gallons
Therefore, Julius bought 4.5 gallons of beverages.