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Ben is picking cherries to make jam. each cherry weighs about 1/2 ounce. There are 16 ounces in a pound. He needs 3 pounds of cherries. About how many cherries does he need to pick?

Answer 1

Solve by doing everything backwards. If he needs 3 ounces, and there is 16 ounces in a pound, that is 48 ounces of cherries needed. Since each cherry is about 1/2 a pound, double the 48. You end up with 96 and that is your answer.


96 cherries

Answer 2

96 Cherries

Explanation:

This is a question on some unit conversions.

First we convert 3 pounds to ounces.

Given 16 ounces = 1 pound,

3 pounds = 3 x 16 ounces = 48 ounces

Next, we will find the number of cherries required.

Number of Cherries required = Total weight of cherries needed (in ounces) / Weight per cherry.

=
`(48)/(0.5)`

= 48 * 2

= 96 cherries