Question

An office supply company is shipping a case of wooden pencils to a store. there are 64 boxes of pencils in the case. If each box of pencils weighs 2.5 ounces, what is the weight,in pounds, of the case of wooden pencils?

Answer 1

If one box weighs 2.5 ounces, then 64 boxes will weigh 64 times 2.5 ounces or 160 ounces.
To convert that to pounds, divide by 16 and that will give you a total of 10 pounds in total.

Answer : 10 pounds

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