How many cups are in 1/2 a gallon?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-06T15:51:38

See a solution process below:

We know the conversion factor of gallons to cups is:

$1 gallon = 16 cups$ $1" gallon" = 16" cups"$

To find the number of cups in $\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$ gallon we can multiply each side of the equation by $\frac{1}{2}$ $color(red)(1/2)$ giving:

$\frac{1}{2} \times 1 gallon = \frac{1}{2} \times 16 cups$ $color(red)(1/2) xx 1" gallon" = color(red)(1/2) xx 16" cups"$

$\frac{1}{2} gallon = \frac{16}{2} cups$ $1/2" gallon" = 16/2" cups"$

$\frac{1}{2} gallon = 8 cups$ $1/2" gallon" = 8" cups"$

Therefore, there are 8 cups in $\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$ gallon