Question

jesse wants to buy some lettuce that sells for $0.69 per pound. a single head of lettuce weighs 13 ounces how much will one head of lettuce cost

Answer 1

Since there are 16 ounces in a solid pound (remember, lb = 16) our first step will be to find out how much it costs per ounce.


`0.69 / 16 = 0.0431`
Now we know that the lettuce costs $0.0431 per ounce.

Since the head is 13 ounces, we can now multiply the cost per ounce by the number of ounces.


`0.0431 * 13 = 0.560625`
After rounding, we find that the head of lettuce costs a grant total of $0.56 (56 cents).