It is 2 ounces or, if you must, 2/1 ounces. If you want it as a fraction of some other quantity then you need to specify that second quantity. It should be blindingly obvious to anybody that 2 ounces, as a fraction of 1 pound, will be quite different to 2 ounces as a fraction of a ton!
it is 5/8 of a lb. because 10/16=5/8 in simplest form and there are 16 oz in 1 lb.:-)
1 pound = 16 ounces 1 pound + 2 ounces = 16 ounces + 2 ounces = 18 ounces
1/2 pound (8 ounces) is 7.292 troy ounces.
16 ounces = 1 pound . 8 ounces = 1/2 pound half of 2 pounds is one pound, which is 16 ounces.
2 ounces is 1/8 of a pound or .125 pounds. There are 16 ounces in 1 pound.
There are eight ounces in half a pound, since there are 16 ounces in a pound. 16 x 1/2 = 16/2 = 8/1 = 8
1 pound is equal to 16 ounces; therefore, half a pound would be 8 ounces.
1 pound = 16 ounces 2 pounds = 32 ounces
There are two (2) ounces in 1/8 pound. This can be verified by multiplying 8 x 2 = 16.
18 ounces.
There are 16 ounces per pound. So 2 ounces are 2/16 of a pound, which simplifies to 1/8 pound or 0.125 pounds.