Andrea picked 21 pounds of peaches in her orchard. She divided the peaches evenly between 4 large baskets. How many ounces of peaches did Andrea put in each basket?
Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given the statement:
Andrea picked 21 pounds of peaches in her orchard. She divided the peaches evenly between 4 large baskets.
Determine how many ounces of peaches did Andrea put in each basket.
Solution:
In order to determine the weight of ounces of peaches that Andrea put in each basket, we must first 1convertt pounds to ounces by doing the general conversion method.
1 pound = 16 ounces
= ( 21 pounds ) ( 16 ounces / 1 pound )
The unit pound cancels.
= 192 ounces
We then sdivide 192 by 4.
= 192 ounces / 4
= 48 ounces
Final answer:
Each basket contains 48 ounces of ounces.