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Ms. Carter is packing orders for her soap business. One customer ordered 12 bars of her Orange You Fresh soap. If each bar of soap weighs 4 ounces, how many pounds will this order weigh? pounds Submit Work it out Not feeling ready yet? These can help: Multi-step word problems Compare and convert customary units (12)

Ms. Carter is packing orders for her soap business. One customer ordered 12 bars of-example-1
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12 bars weight = 4x12 = 48 ounces.

To convert 48 ounces to pounds, we have,

48/16 = 3 pounds.

12 bars weigh = 48 ounces = 3 pounds.

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