A candy company has 250 pounds of candy. They want to package it in 5 ounce bags. How many will there be?

Answer 1

A candy company has 250 pounds of candy. They want to package it in 5 ounce bags. How many will there be?

Information needed to solving the problem:

The number of 5 ounce bags that can be filled from 250 pounds of candy.

Given information in the word problem:

The company has 250 pounds of candy.

Measurement Information:

1 pound is equal to 16 ounces.

How to solve problem:

Convert the total amount of candy (250 pounds) to ounces

and then divide the total in ounces by 5.

Step 1: Convert pounds to ounces

Multiply the number of pounds by 16 to get the equivalent in ounces.

250 lbs. x 16 divided by lbs.

There are 4000 ounces of candy.

Step 2:

Calculate the number of bags.

Use division to find the total ounces of candy by 5 ounces per bag.

4000 ounces divided by 5 ounces = 800 (5 ounces bags of candy)

Solution:

There will be 800 (5 ounces bags of candy)

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Answer 2

1 lb = 16 oz

250 lb = 4000 oz

4000 oz / 16 oz = 250