Question

a sack of potatoes weighs 14 pound 9 ounces. after wendy makes potato salad for a picnis, the sack weighs 9 pounds 14 ounces. what is the weight of the potatoes wendy used for the potato salad? write the numbers to show the correct subtraction.

Answer 1

14 pounds 9 ounces = 233 ounces
9 pounds 14 ounces = 158 ounces

233-158=75 ounces=4 pounds 11 ounces

Answer 2

It would be 4 pounds and 11 ounces