How much will it weigh?

Question

If 5 million seeds weighed 15.3 ounces, how much would 37  million seeds weigh?

Answer 1

To answer these kinds of questions, you need to set up a rate.  To use an everyday example, a rate would be like being paid hourly at a job.  So if you earn $10/hour, and work for 8 hours, how much money will you earn?

 

(10$/hour) x (8 hours) = $80

 

Here, we apply the same concept.  If there are 15.3 ounces / 5 million seeds, and you have 37 million seeds, how many ounces will you have?

 

If this is hard for you to grasp, I would reduce the first fraction, 15.3/5 million to see how many ounces / seed, and then multiply by the total number of seeds, 37 million.

 

remember that there are 16 ounces per pound in case you need to convert.