Mrs. Miller has 4 pounds of clay, and Mr. Bowman has 48 ounces of clay. They distribute all the clay equally among 8 students. How many pounds of clay does each student receive?

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Alexandria Reese

Mathematics

13 November, 14:24

Mrs. Miller has 4 pounds of clay, and Mr. Bowman has 48 ounces of clay. They distribute all the clay equally among 8 students. How many pounds of clay does each student receive?

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Emmett Haynes · Answer 1

Each student gets 7/8 pounds of clay.

Mrs. Miller has 4 pounds and Mr. Bowman has 3 pounds, together that is 7 pounds. There are 8 students so you divide the 7 pounds among them.

They get 7/8 pounds or 14 oz or 0.875 pounds each. I don't know what form you needed