Soft drinks are often sold in six-packs of 12-ounce cans and in 2-liter bottles. A liter is about 33.8 fluid ounces. Which is the greater volume: a six-pack or 2 liters?

A store offers a 2-liter bottle of soft drink for $1.31 and a six-pack of 12-ounce cans for $1.37. Which is the better value (based on price per ounce)?

List some of the given data:

1 L = 33.8 oz.

A) Which one has more volume?

In a six-pack, each can has 12 oz.

Then in total, this is:

6*12oz = 72oz.

In one liter we have 33.8 oz.

Then in two liters, we have two times that:

2L = 2*33.8 oz = 67.7 oz.

Then the sixpack has more volume.

B) Which one has more value?

Here we must divide the volume by the price:

Six-pack:

Volume  = 72 oz.

Price = $1.37

Ratio = 72oz/$1.37 = 52.55 oz/$.

2L bottle:

Volume = 67.7 oz

Price = $1.31

Ratio = 67.7oz/$1.31 = 51.68 oz/$.

You can see that the ratio is larger in the case of the six-pack, this means that you get more ounces for each dollar.