Renee bought her mother 2 pounds of ground coffee. Her mother uses 4 ounces per day to brew coffee. Did Renee buy her mother enough coffee for a week?

Question

Begin by converting 2 pounds to ounces. Choose the words and numbers to complete the statements.

Part A
A pound is a
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unit than an ounce, so
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the number of pounds by 16 to find the number of ounces. Therefore, 2 pounds is equal to
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ounces.

Part B
Did Renee buy her mother enough coffee for the week?

A.
yes

B.
no

Answer 1

Part A:

A pound is a larger unit than an ounce, so we should multiply the number of pounds by 16 to find the number of ounces. Therefore, 2 pounds is equal to 32 ounces.

Part B:

Her mother uses 4 ounces per day to brew coffee, so for a week (7 days), she would use 28 ounces. Since Renee bought her mother 32 ounces of coffee, she did buy enough coffee for her mother for a week.

Therefore, the answer is A. Yes.