Question

mrs. Smith has chocolate chips to make cookies she needs 18 oz of chocolate chips she has a bag ffilled with 1 1/4 lb of chocolate chips how many ounces of chocolate chips Will mrs. Smith have left after she makes her cookies

Answer 1

Convert 1 1/4 lb to ounces:

5 lb     16 oz       80 oz
----- * ---------- = ---------- = 20 oz.    Mrs. Smith needs only 18 oz, so there 
  4        l lb            4                          will be 2 oz left over.  May I have them?