Question

A food pantry distributes 10-ounce bags of flour. A supermarket donates nine 5-pound bags to the pantry. How many 10-ounce bags can workers at the food pantry make with the nine bags?

Answer 1

Given:
nine 5 pound bags
distributed into 10-ounce bags

1 pound = 16 ounces

9 x 5 pounds = 45 pounds

45 pounds * 16 ounces/lbs = 45 * 16 oz = 720 ounces

720 ounces / 10 ounce bags = 720/10 = 72 bags.

The workers at the food pantry will be able to make 72 bags.