Question

8. The total weight of a vase and its packaging is: 4 lb. 7 oz. The vase by itself

weighs 3 lb. 11 oz. What is the weight of the packaging materials?
(a) 8 lb. 2 oz.
(d). 6 oz.
(b) 12 oz.
(e) none of these
(c) 1 lb. 4 oz.
Please show the work

Answer 1

E

Explanation:

the weight of the packaging materials is 12 oz. There are 16 oz in a pound. If the vase weighs 3 lb 11 oz, it would take 5 more oz to reach the next pound, and there was another 7 oz after that. You would then do 5 + 7, which is 12, so the packaging materials weigh 12 oz.