Final answer:
Mama Mia restaurant started with 8 pounds of mozzarella cheese. The problem involves multiplying and dividing to convert ounces to pounds and to account for the use of half the cheese for pizza and the rest for pasta.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question categorization falls under Mathematics and is likely suitable for a Middle School grade level, focusing on conversion of units and working with fractions.
First, let's determine how many ounces of mozzarella cheese Mama Mia had in total. If the remaining mozzarella cheese used for making pasta was 64 ounces, and that represents 1/2 of the total cheese, we simply need to multiply 64 ounces by 2 to find the total.
64 ounces * 2 = 128 ounces
There are 16 ounces in one pound, so to convert 128 ounces to pounds, we divide:
128 ounces / 16 ounces/pound = 8 pounds
Therefore, Mama Mia restaurant started with 8 pounds of mozzarella cheese.