Question

5000 staples weight 15 oz. how much does one staple weigh?

Answer 1

$\frac{15}{5000} = 0.003$

Answer 2

Solution:

we have been asked to find how much does one staple weigh?

we are given that 5000 staples weight 15 oz.

In unitary method , we divide the price/weight by quantity to know the price/weight of the one quantity.

Using this concept we can write the weight of 1 staples as below

5000 staples weight 15 oz.

1 staple weight $\frac{15}{5000}$ oz.

1 staple weight $0.003}$ oz.