The johnson’s sold corn at a local farmers market. they sold 56 1/2 pounds of corn to 15 customers. how many total ounces of corn did they sell?

The family sold 904 ounces of corn.

Because the corn sold was measured in pounds and the answer should be in ounces, your first step should be to convert the pounds of corn sold to ounces.

A pound is equivalent to 16 ounces so if the family sold 56.5 pounds, the quantity they sold in ounces is:

Conversion factor for pound to ounces = 16

= Quantity in pounds x conversion factor

= 56.5 x 16

= 904 ounces

The family sold 904 ounces of corn.

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Step-by-step explanation:

For this exercise you can convert from mixed numbers to decimal numbers.

To do this, you need to add the whole number part and the quotient obtained by dividing the numerator by the denominator of the fraction. Then this is:

Finally, you can make the conversion from pounds to ounces.

Since , you get that the total ounces of corn the Johnsons sold to 15 customers is:

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