Question

Make the following conversions.5 pounds 16 ounces toa. Ounces: ozb. Pounds: lb

Answer 1

Note that 1 pound is equivalent to 16 ounces. So the conversion factors that we can use, are the following:

To convert from ounces to pounds, we multiply the number of ounces by the following conversion factor:

`(\frac{1\text{ lb}}{16\text{ oz}})`

thus, to convert 16 ounces to pounds, we carry out the following operation:

`(\frac{1\text{ lb}}{16\text{ oz}})\text{ 16 oz = 1 lb}`

now, to convert from pounds to ounces, we multiply the number of pounds by the following conversion factor:

`(\frac{16\text{ oz}}{1\text{ lb}})`

thus, to convert 5 pounds to ounces, we carry out the following operation:

`(\frac{16\text{ oz}}{1\text{ lb}})5\text{ lb= 80 oz}`

so that, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

5 pounds are 80 ounces

16 ounces are 1 pound