When changing ounces to pounds, you divide by 16.
Example: 112 ounces in pounds. Divide 112 by 16 and you will get 7, so the answer is 7 pounds.
There are 16 ounces in a pound, so to get the number of ounces, you would divide the number of pounds by 16.
You would multiply because ounces are smaller so it would take more ounces to get to pounds.
You would multiply pounds by the ounces per pound.
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To change ounces to pounds you would multiply, because it's going from something small (ounces) to something big (pounds).
Multiply the number of pounds by 16.1 pound = 16 ounces
You multiply the number of ounces by one-sixteenth. That means you divide by 16.
A pound is equal to eight ounces, so you would multiply the number of pounds by eight to convert it to ounces.
Multiply by 16: 80 x 16 = 1,280 ounces
First, multiply the number of pounds (64) times the ounces in each pound (16). Add the other 11 ounces to the number. Divide the total by 9.
Divide ounces by 16 to get pounds.
A chart can be found at the website shown in the Related Links area below, BUT you do not need it to make a conversion, because... -- To get ounces, multiply pounds by 16. -- To get pounds, divide ounces by 16.
No. There are 16 oz in a pound, so divide 900 by 16 to get how many pounds are in 900ounces. To find how many ounces three pounds is, multiply three by sixteen.