Question

If a dozen paper clips weighs 9.6 g, and a pile of paper clips weigh 14.4 g, how many paper clips are in the pile

Answer 1

18 paperclips are in the pile!

Explanation:

We know that a dozen paperclips are equal to 9.6g, so we are going to divide 9.6 by 12 to figure out how much each paperclip weighs (0.8g). So we then divide 14.4 by 0.8 to figure out how many paperclips are in the pile! Hope this helps!