A recipe calls for 40 ounces of meat. How many pounds of meat does the recipe require?

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Yadiel Costa

20 July, 15:39

A recipe calls for 40 ounces of meat. How many pounds of meat does the recipe require?

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Maeve Lang · Answer 1

Answer: 40 ounces=2.5 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Since 1 pound=16 ounces. You have to see how many times 16 goes into 40, it goes in forty 2 times with 8 left over so that means we need decimal, since 8 is half of 16 the answer is 2.5.