Question

A woven rattan basket can hold up 6 lbs of items. A net bag of 4 oranges weighs 12 ounces. How many bags of oranges can the basket hold ?

Answer 1

`\huge\boxed{8\ \text{bags of oranges}}`

Let's first find how many ounces the basket can hold.

1 pound is equal to 16 ounces. Multiply that to find how many ounces the basket can hold.

`6\cdot16=96`

Now, divide the weight held by the basket by the weight of each bag of oranges.

`96/12=\boxed{8}`