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Lily's mother asks lily to buy 4 pounds of flour from the grocery store. The weights on the flour packages are in ounces. The ratio of pounds to ounces is 1: 16 . What is the amount of flour in ounces that lily needs to buy?

User Ilter
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Answer:

64

Explanation:

you gotta do math to get it

User Notoria
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if the ratio of pounds to ounces is 1:16
then that means if you multiply both numbers by 4 to get how many ounces is needed for lily's mother...
1x4
(1×4)/(16×4)
your answer then becomes 64

ANSWER: 64
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