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Answer 1

7. 48000 Ounces

8. 1 pound and 4 ounces

9. 16 ounces = 1 pound

Answer 2

Answer:

7. 48000 ounces

8. 1. 25 pound

9. 1/16

10. ounces

11. weight

12. pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

7) A hippopotamus weighs 1. 5 tons. What is its weighs in ounces

answer

All you need to do is to use proportion to solve this problem

Let x represent the weight of the hippopotamus in ounces

1 ton = 32 000 ounces

1. 5tons= x

cross multiply to get the value of x

x = 32000 × 1. 5

x = 48 000 ounces

Therefore the weight of the hippopotamus in ounces is 48 000

9. What fractional part of a pound is an ounce

answer

1 pound = 16 ounces

which implies

1 ounce = 1/16 pounds

Therefore the fractional part of a pound that is an ounce is 1/16

10. Since the weight of a paper is very light, ounce woud be the most appropriate customary unit to measure it

11. Weight is the measure of how heavy an object is.

12. The weight of a bag of a flour is not upto a ton, therefore pounds would be the appropriate customary unit to measure the weight of a flour.