Question

A store owner is stocking shelves.he places 37 eight-ounce packages of cheese on a shelf then he puts 24 ounce cheese on the same shelf how many pounds of cheese does he put on the shelf

Answer 1

There are 37 eight ounce of cheese.
37 times 8 = 296 ounces of cheese.
There are 16 ounces in a pound, so divide.
296/16 = 18.5 pounds on the shelf.

Then he places 24 ounce of cheese on the shelf. Divide that by 16.
24/16 = 1.5 pounds.

Add the pounds together-
18.5 + 1.5 = 20 pounds (lbs)