Question

A chef uses 12 pounds of butter each day. About how many grams of butter does the chef use each day? Use the conversion factors 16 ounces/1 pound and 28.4 grams/1 ounce

Answer 1

The chef uses 5452.8 grams of butter each day.

Explanation:

Given:

Chef use 12 pounds of butter each day.

To find the amount of butter in grams used by chef each day.

Conversion units:

1 pound = 16 ounces

1 ounce = 28.4 grams

Solution:

We need to convert 12 pounds of butter in grams of butter.

We will apply unitary method to carry out the conversion.

If 1 pound = 16 ounces

Then, 12 pounds =
`12\ pounds*(16\ ounces)/(1\ pound)= 192\ ounces`

If 1 ounce = 28.4 grams

Then, 192 ounces =
`192\ ounces * (28.4\ grams)/(1\ ounce) = 5452.8\ grams`

Thus, the chef uses 5452.8 grams of butter each day.