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A female elephant can weigh up to 8,000 pounds. how many tons is 8,000 pounds?

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That is 4 tons. 2000 pounds is one ton.
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Since 1 ton is 2,000 pounds, we can do 8,000/2,000 to find that the answer is 4 tons

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