Question

Carol was packing up some of her old stuff into a box. A box can hold 2 pounds, but she only filled it up 1/2 full How much weight was in the box?​

Answer 1

1 pound

Explanation:

If a box can hold 2 pounds but is only filled up 1/2 full, then there is only 1 pound of weight in the box.

To see why, consider that if the box was completely full, it would hold 2 pounds. But if it is only half full, it can only hold half of that amount, or 1 pound. Thus, the weight in the box is 1 pound.