Question

A school is creating a small parking lot next to the school. They will need

998,140 grams of rock for the parking lot. How many pounds of rock does
the school need? (1 kg = 2.205 lb)

Answer 1

2200.9lb

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a conversion problem.

We have been given that:

Mass of rock the school needed = 998140g

Unknown:

Pound of rocks the park needed = ?

To solve this problem, we have to convert from:

grams to kilograms and then to pounds

1000g of the rock will weigh 1kg

So; 998140g of the rock will weight 998.14kg

Therefore:

1kg of a substance weighs 2.205lb

998.14g will weight2.205 x 998.14 = 2200.9lb