High School

Use the drawing tool(s) to form the correct answer on the provided number line.

Will brought a 144-ounce cooler filled with water to soccer practice. He used 16 ounces from the cooler to fill his water bottle. He then took out 16 plastic cups for his teammates and put the same amount of water in each cup.

Find and graph the number of ounces of water, [tex]$x$[/tex], that Will could have put in each cup.

Answer :

Sure! Let's solve this step-by-step:

1. Initial Amount of Water: Will started with a cooler that contains 144 ounces of water.

2. Water Used for Water Bottle: Will used 16 ounces of water to fill his water bottle.

3. Calculating Remaining Water: After filling his water bottle, we'll need to subtract the 16 ounces from the total amount in the cooler.
[tex]\[
144 - 16 = 128 \text{ ounces remaining}
\][/tex]

4. Number of Cups: Will wants to divide the remaining water equally into 16 plastic cups for his teammates.

5. Amount of Water per Cup: To find out how much water each cup gets, divide the remaining 128 ounces of water by the 16 cups.
[tex]\[
\frac{128}{16} = 8 \text{ ounces per cup}
\][/tex]

So, Will could have put 8 ounces of water in each cup.

To graph this on a number line, you would mark the point representing 8 ounces on the line to show the amount of water each cup received.