Question

jose bought 8 bags of oranges.each bag weighed 12 ounces. there are 16 ounces in a pound.how many pounds of oranges did jose buy

Answer 1

Hello!

First you have to find the amount of ounces the oranges weigh

To find this you multiply the amount of oranges by the how much they weigh

12 * 8 = 96

Divide this by the amount of ounces is in a pound

96 / 16 = 6

The answer is 6 pounds

Hope this helps!