13.4 Weight

An elephant’s brain weighs around 11 pounds, while a human’s brain weighs about 48 ounces. How many more ounces does an elephant’s brain weigh than a human’s brain?

• 37 ounces

• 128 ounces

• 4 ounces

• 592 ounces

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Which of the following inequalities is correct?

• 63 ounces > 4 pounds

• 40 pounds < 600 ounces

• 3.5 tons > 5,000 pounds

• 200 pounds < 3,000 ounces

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A 9-pound block of butter is delivered each morning to a restaurant. A recipe for 1 pot of soup calls for 6 ounces of butter. Using all of the butter, how many pots of soup can the restaurant make each day?

• 24 pots of soup

• 18 pots of soup

• 11 pots of soup

• 4 pots of soup

Carlos used 32 ounces of walnuts in a muffin recipe. How many pounds of walnuts did Carlos use?

• 8 pounds

• 2 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 1 pound

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160 oz = ■ lb

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• 10,000

• 256

• 24,000

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5 T = ■ lb

• 10

• 10,000

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• 24,000

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16 lb = ■ oz

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12 T = ■ lb

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• 10,000

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128 oz = ■ lb

• 8

• 416

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• 24,000

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26 lb = ■ oz

• 8

• 416

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• 24,000