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Adding Mixed Weight Units to Find a Total
To find the combined weight of three steaks weighing ounces, pound ounces, and pound ounces, add each unit column separately and then simplify:
- Add the ounces: ounces.
- Add the pounds: pounds.
- Intermediate result: pounds ounces.
- Convert the excess ounces: Since pound ounces, divide remainder , so ounces pound ounces.
- Combine the pounds: pounds.
The total weight is pounds ounces. The key technique is to line up and combine like units first, then carry over any amount that exceeds the conversion threshold ( ounces per pound).
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Logistics Manifest Verification
The greatest common factor of is _____.
Put the steps in order to add weights given in pounds and ounces.
Match each term to what it means when adding pounds and ounces.
To add mixed weight units, add the ounces together and the pounds together first, then simplify.
When adding pounds and ounces, if the total ounces is 16 or more, how do you simplify the result?
How many ounces equal pound?
When you divide remainder , what is the called?
When adding weights, a sum comes out to pounds ounces. Why must this be simplified?
Explain how to add these weights: ounces, pound ounces, and pound ounces.