Richard works at an icecream shop, regular cones get two scoops of icecream; large gets three scoops of icecream. Richard scoops 234 regular cones and 156 large cones. one scoop of icecream is 3 ounces. a tub of icecream weighs 10 pounds. How many tubs of icream did richard use?

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Aydin Pennington

15 August, 01:06

Richard works at an icecream shop, regular cones get two scoops of icecream; large gets three scoops of icecream. Richard scoops 234 regular cones and 156 large cones. one scoop of icecream is 3 ounces. a tub of icecream weighs 10 pounds. How many tubs of icream did richard use?

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Emely Osborne · Answer 1

234 Reg + 156 Lge = 400 Total cones

Reg = 2 scoops (6 ounces)

Lge = 3 scoops (9 ounces)

234 * 6 = 1,404 ounces

156 * 9 = 1,404 ounces

1404 + 1404 = 2,808 total ounces

2,808 / 16 = 175.5 pounds of ice cream

One tub = 10 pounds so, 17.55 tubs were used.

Martha Lucero · Answer 2

Richard used 58.5 tubs of icecream.