Question

Sara has 2 pounds of chicken. She uses 5 ounces of chicken while cooking. How can you determine the mass of chicken that she has left?

Answer 1

Answer: 27 ounces of chicken.

Explanation:

Sara has 2 pounds of chicken.

She uses 5 ounces of chicken.

So now, she has:

(2 pounds - 5 ounces ) of chicken.

To perform this subtraction, we first need to write bot quantities in the same units.

First, we know that:

1 pound = 16 ounces.

Then we can rewrite 2 pounds, this is equal to 2 times 16 ounces.

2 pounds = 2*16 ounces = 32 ounces.

Then initially she has 32 ounces, and she uses 5 ounces.

Now she has:

(32 ounces - 5 ounces) = 27 ounces of chicken