Question

There are 318 calories in six ounces of a certain ice cream. How many calories are there in one pound?

\text{1 pound}=\text{16 ounces}
1 pound=16 ounces
Before you try that problem, answer the question below.
How many ounces will you need to find the number of calories for?

Answer 1

• 16 ounces
• 848 calories

Explanation:

Given 318 calories in 6 ounces of ice cream, you want to know the number of ounces and the number of calories in a pound of ice cream.

Ounces

This problem statement tells you 1 pound is 16 ounces. You will be finding the number of calories in 16 ounces of ice cream.

Calories

The number of calories is proportional to the weight of ice cream:

x/(16 ounces) = (318 calories)/(6 ounces)

Multiplying by (16 ounces), we have ...

x = (318 calories)(16/6) = 848 calories

There are 848 calories in one pound of ice cream.