Question

A jewelry manufacturer makes pendants with 1 and 1/2 ounces of silver in each. It has

(three pieces of silver to melt down with the measurements shown below.
1 and 7/8 pounds of silver
14 ounces of silver
2 and 1/2 pounds of silver
What is the maximum number of pendants the manufacturer can make?

Answer 1

Do repeated addition to 1 and 1/2 to get the answer