Question

30 ounces = ____lb ____oz

Answer 1

Avoirdupois or troy?

Answer 2

huh?

Answer 3

Avoirdupois pounds have 16 ounces, troy pounds have 12.

Answer 4

1 Pound is equal to 16 ounces (oz). So 16 goes into 30 1 time with 14 left over. So you have 1lb, 14oz OR 1.875lbs

Answer 5

oh ok thank you ^_^

Answer 6

In Pre-Algebra they always use Avoirdupois.

Answer 7

lol not gonna lie never even heard of that in my life and im almost 20! FAIL

Answer 8

Yeah, I was just being beat and was playing around. :-)

Troy is pretty much only used in scientific work and for weighing precious metals. The rest of the world uses avoirdupois... :-)

Answer 9

otay :P