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Beau buys a 3-pound bag of trail mix for a hike. He wants to make one-ounce bags for his friends with whom he is hiking. How many one-ounce bags can he make?

User DaniloNC
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He can make 48 bags. One pound is 16 ounces, so 3*16=48.
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1 pound=16 ounches
3 times 16=48
48 ounces means 48 one ounce bags
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