Question

Aamir bought 3 pounds of cement to repair the cracks in his sidewalk.Each crack needs to be filled with 2 ounces of cementPart A : How can he convert 3 pounds to ounces? Multiple or divide 3 by 8,12,or 16Part B : How many cracks can he Repair?

Answer 1

Aamir bought 3 pounds of cement to repair the cracks in his sidewalk.

Each crack needs to be filled with 2 ounces of cement.

Part A: How can he convert 3 pounds to ounces?

Recall that there are 16 ounces in 1 pound.

So, we need to multiply the given pounds by 16

`3\: pounds*\frac{16\: \text{ounces}}{1\: \text{pound}}=48\: ounces\:`

So this means Aamir bought 48 ounces of cement.

Part B: How many cracks can he Repair?​

We know that each crack can be filled with 2 ounces of cement.

Aamir has a total of 48 ounces of cement.

So, we need to divide 48 ounces by 2 ounces to get the number of cracks.

`number\: of\: cracks=(48)/(2)=24`

Therefore, 24 cracks can be repaired.