Question

A truck is transporting 6 cars to a dealership. Each car weighs 1 ton 1,400 pounds. What is the total weight in pounds of the cars the truck is transporting?

Answer 1

1 ton= 2000 pounds

STEP 1:
Convert each car's weight to pounds:

= 2000 pounds + 1400 pounds
= 3400 pounds per car


STEP 2:
multiply each car's weight in pounds by the total number of cars

= 3400 pounds * 6 cars
= 20,400 pounds total


ANSWER: The truck is transporting 20,400 pounds.

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