Answer:
7. 48000 ounces
8. 1. 25 pound
9. 1/16
10. ounces
11. weight
12. pounds
Explanation:
7) A hippopotamus weighs 1. 5 tons. What is its weighs in ounces
answer
All you need to do is to use proportion to solve this problem
Let x represent the weight of the hippopotamus in ounces
1 ton = 32 000 ounces
1. 5tons= x
cross multiply to get the value of x
x = 32000 × 1. 5
x = 48 000 ounces
Therefore the weight of the hippopotamus in ounces is 48 000
9. What fractional part of a pound is an ounce
answer
1 pound = 16 ounces
which implies
1 ounce = 1/16 pounds
Therefore the fractional part of a pound that is an ounce is 1/16
10. Since the weight of a paper is very light, ounce woud be the most appropriate customary unit to measure it
11. Weight is the measure of how heavy an object is.
12. The weight of a bag of a flour is not upto a ton, therefore pounds would be the appropriate customary unit to measure the weight of a flour.