Question

A carpenter bought bolts to finish a project. In all, the bolts weighed 2 pounds. There are 16 ounces in 1 pound. If each bolt weighed 1/12 ounce, how many bolts did the carpenter buy

Answer 1

384bolts

Explanation:

Given that there are 16 ounces in 1 pound

the carpenter bought 2 pounds

hence he has 32 ounces altogether

also each bolt weighed 1/12 ounce

Hence in 32 ounces there are

32/1/12

multiply 32 by the inverse of the denominator we have

=32*12/1

=384bolts