A deli sells a sandwich spread for 6.40 per pound. how much do you have to pay for 24 ounces of the spread

Since it says per u should divide 6.40 : 24

In the given question the most important part is convert ounce to pound and then the problem becomes easy. We already know

1 ounce = 0.0625 pounds

Then

24 ounce = 0.0625 * 24 pounds

= 1.5 pounds

Now let us focus on the problem in hand and the information's that are already given in the question.

The cost per pound of the sandwich sold by Deli = 6.40

Then

The cost of 1.5 pound of sandwich sold by Deli = 6.40 * 1.5

= 9.60

So the cost of 24 ounces of spread is 9.60.