Question

3Miguel caught a 4 pound fish. How much did it weigh in ounces?4Write your answer as a whole number or a mixed number in simplest form. Include the correct unit in your answer.

Answer 1

In order to solve this, we can start by converting the given mixed number to a regular fraction, we can do this like this:

1. multiply the whole number on the left of the fraction by the denominator of the fraction, like this:

`4*4=16`

2. Add the result from the previous step to the denominator of the fraction, like this:

`16+3=19`

3. Finally, leave the denominator unchanged:

`(19)/(4)`

Now that we found a fraction equivalent to 4 4/3, we just have to multiply this result by a conversion factor, since 1 pound is equivalent to 16 ounces we convert from pounds to ounces by multiplying by 16, like this:

`(19)/(4)*16=(19*16)/(4)=(304)/(4)=76`

Then, the 4 3/4 pounds are equivalent to 76 ounces