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Estimate. Then check the reasonableness of the estimate.

The number of cups of juice in a 12-ounce can.

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The number of pints in a 9-quart bottle of laundry detergent.

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TRIATHLON

During the Ironman Triathlon World Championships, about

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250,000 cups of water are given away. Each cup contains 8 fluid ounces.

About how many gallons of water are given away?

FIND THE DATA

Refer to the Data File on pages 16–19. Choose some

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data and write a real-world problem in which you would convert a

customary measurement of capacity or weight.

RECIPES

Ellen has 12 quart jars and 24 pint jars to fill with strawberry

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jam. If her recipe makes 5 gallons of jam, will she have enough jars?

Explain.

COOKING

For Exercises 41–43, use

the following information.

Ron uses the ingredients at the

right in one of his favorite dishes.

How many ounces of prime rib

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are needed?

There are 16 tablespoons in

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1 cup. How many tablespoons

of coarse ground black pepper

are needed?

EXTRA

How can you find how many tablespoons of garlic powder are

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See pages 693, 713.

needed?

H.O.T.

Problems

OPEN ENDED

Without looking at their labels, estimate the weight or

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capacity of three packaged food items in your kitchen. Then compare

your estimate to the actual weight or capacity.

SELECT A TECHNIQUE

A homemade ice cream recipe calls for 2 pints of

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heavy cream. At the grocery store, Antonia finds that heavy cream is

sold in 10-ounce containers and 24-ounce containers. Which of the

following techniques might Antonia use to determine if buying one

10-ounce container and one 24-ounce container will be enough for the

ice cream recipe? Justify your selection(s). Then use the technique(s)

to solve the problem.

mental math

estimation

number sense

CHALLENGE

Create a function table that shows the number of fluid

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ounces in 1, 2, 3, and 4 cups. Graph the ordered pairs (cups, fluid

ounces) on a coordinate plane. Then describe the graph.

MATH

Determine whether 1 cup of sand and 1 cup of

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cotton balls would have the same capacity, the same weight, both, or

neither. Explain your reasoning.

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