Question

The weight of a package that Joan mails is $140$ grams. Find the weight of the package in ounces.

Answer 1

Hint:Ounce is a measuring unit used for mass, weight and volume in the US customary system of measurement. In the international system of Units (SI), gram is also a unit of mass. In this problem, the weight of a package that Joan mails is $140$ grams and we have to convert the weight of the package to ounces.

Formula used:
$1$ gram$ = 0.035274$ ounces

Complete step by step answer:
To find the weight of the package in ounces, firstly we need to know that one gram contains $0.035274$ ounces and one ounce contains $28.35$ grams. So,
$1$ gram$ = 0.035274$ ounces,
Now, we have to convert $140$ grams in ounces, to convert it into ounces, we have to multiply $140$ grams with the value of 1 gram.
$140 \times 0.035274$
And it values to,
$4.93836$ ounces

So, the weight of the package that Joan mails is $4.93836$ ounces.

Note:We can also convert ounces to grams, as the value of one ounce is equal to $28.35$ grams. We can also check our answer by converting the weight of the package that comes in ounces to grams. The weight of the package that Joan mails is $4.93836$ ounces and we can again convert into grams by multiplying it with $28.35$,
$4.93836 \times 28.35 = 140$ grams
By converting it again we got assured that our answer is correct.