At a local animal shelter there are 12 small-size dogs and 5 medium-size dogs. Every day, the small-size dogs are each given 12.5 ounces of dry food and the medium-size dogs are each given 18 ounces of the same dry food. How many pounds of dry food does the shelter serve in one day?

a. What are you asked to find?

b. What information will you use?

c. What conversion will you need to do to solve the problem?

d. Show the steps you use to solve the problem.

e. Complete the sentences.

The small-size dogs eat a total of ___ ounces of dry food each day.

The medium-size dogs eat a total of ___ ounces of dry food each day.

The shelter serves ___ ounces, or ___ pounds, of dry food each day.

Test Prep For a class assignment, students are asked to record the total amount of water they drink in one day. Melinda records that she drank four 8-fluid ounce glasses of water and two 1-pint bottles. How many quarts of water did Melinda drink during the day?