Question

The nurses were preparing doses of liquid cough syrup for their patients at the hospital. They poured 2.24 ounces of cough syrup into medicine cups. Each medicine cup had 0.16 ounces of cough syrup.

How many medicine cups did the nurses use for the cough syrup?

Answer 1

2.24/0.16= 14

Step-by-step explanation:

no of ounces of syrup= 2.24

no of ounces in each medicine cup=0.16

let no of cups = x

0.16 ounce= 1 cup

2.24 ounce= ? (x)

CROSS MULTIPLICATION

(x) * 0.16=1 * 2.24

x= 2.24/0.16

x=14