Question

A box of cereal has a net weight of 42 ounces. if you buy three of these boxes, how much cereal will you have? pounds and ounces

Answer 1

You will have 7 pounds and 14 ounces of cereal.

Explanation:

Given:

A box of cereal has a net weight of 42 ounces.

If you buy three of these boxes.

Now, to find the quantity of cereal you have.

As, we have the unit rate:

So, in 1 box there are 42 ounces of cereal.

Thus, in 3 boxes there are =
`42* 3=126\ ounces.`

Now, we convert the unit ounces into pound and ounces by using conversion factor:

1 ounce =
`(1)/(16)` pound.

126 ounces =
`7\ pounds\ and\ 14\ ounces.`

Therefore, you will have 7 pounds and 14 ounces of cereal.