A half-pint of cream is what part of a gallon?

• A. 1/8
• B. 1/4
• C. 1/16
• D. 1/6

Answer: (C)

To determine what part of a gallon a half-pint of cream represents, we need to first understand the volume relationships between these measurements.

A gallon is equivalent to 8 pints since there are 2 pints in a quart and 4 quarts in a gallon (2 pints x 4 quarts = 8 pints). To find the fraction that a half-pint represents, we can set up the calculation as follows:

1. Convert half a pint into a fraction of a gallon:

• Half a pint is expressed as 0.5 pints.

• Since there are 8 pints in a gallon, we can represent half a pint as:

[

\frac{0.5 \text{ pints}}{8 \text{ pints}}

]

2. Calculating this fraction:

[

\frac{0.5}{8} = \frac{1}{16}

]

This computation shows that a half-pint is one-sixteenth of a gallon. Therefore, the correct answer confirms that half a pint of cream is indeed 1/16 of a gallon, which relates directly to the known quantity of pints in a gallon. Understanding