Question

Kathy owns her own business selling homemade jam. Each jar of jam weighs 18 ounces. The box she mails the jam in weighs 6 ounces. How many jars of jam are in a package that weighs 150 ounces? Show all work necessary to justify your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: There are 8 jars in the package.

Explanation:

Given: Weight of each jar = 18 ounces

Weight of box = 6 ounces

If weight of package = 150 ounces , then the weight of all jars (only) = 150-6 ounces = 144 ounces

Number of jars = (Weight of all jars) ÷ (Weight of each jar)

= (144 ÷ 18)

= 8

Hence, there are 8 jars in the package.