Question

Randy has two 28-pound blocks of ice for his snow cone stand. 1). How many pounds of ice does randy have at his snow cone stand? 2). How many tons of ice is there? Write your answer from number 2 as a fraction and a decimal.

Answer 1

Randy has 56 pound blocks of ice for his snow cone stand

Tons of ice is 0.028 tons or $\frac{7}{250} \text{ tons }$

Solution:

Randy has two 28-pound blocks of ice for his snow cone stand

1). How many pounds of ice does randy have at his snow cone stand?

Calculate the total pounds that Randy has

Total pounds = 2 x 28 = 56

Thus Randy has 56 pound blocks of ice for his snow cone stand

2) How many tons of ice is there?

Total pounds of ice = 56 pounds

So we have to convert 56 pounds to tons

Use the conversion factor

1 pound = 0.0005 ton

Therefore, 56 pounds is equal to,

56 pound = 0.0005 x 56 tons = 0.028 tons

Thus in decimal we got, 0.028 tons

Convert to fraction form,

$0.028 = \frac{0.028}{1000} \times 1000 = \frac{28}{1000} = \frac{7}{250}$

Thus tons of ice is 0.028 tons or $\frac{7}{250} \text{ tons }$