Question

A recipe for stew calls for 2 1/2 pounds of meat, 22 ounces of beans, 14 ounces of carrots, and 2 pounds 6 ounces of potatoes. Which is the weight of the ingredients in the stew in pounds?

Answer 1

7.125pounds

Explanation:

if a recipe for stew calls for 2 1/2 pounds of meat, 22 ounces of beans, 14 ounces of carrots, and 2 pounds 6 ounces of potatoes, in order to get the weight of the ingredients in the stew in pounds, we will convert all the units to pounds first and then add them together.

On conversion;

since 1 ounce = 0.0625pounds

Weight of beans in pounds = 22 * 0.0625 = 1.375pounds

Weight of meats = 2 1/2 pounds

Weight of carrots in pounds = 14*0.0625 = 0.875pounds

Weight of potatoes in pounds = 2+(6*0.0625) = 2+0.375 = 2.375pounds

weight of the ingredients in the stew in pounds = 1.375+2.5+0.875+2.375

weight of the ingredients in the stew in pounds = 7.125pounds