Question

In converting 750 ounces to pounds, what unit (omit the number) would you

place in the denominator of your ratio? Use the plural form in your answer.

Remember that there are 16 ounces in 1 pound.

Answer 1

I would use the pounds.

Explanation:

The reasoning behind using the pound is, if you are using fractions per say to get a side by side ration when you are doing 16 ounces to 1 pound you would want to have a unit rate.

750 ounces 16 ounces

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x pounds 1 pound

Do you see how much easier it is to convert from ounces to pounds when you have a unit rate? Now once you see how many times you had to multiply 16 to get 750 you can easily multiply that number by 1!