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1 pound = 16 ounces1/4 pound = (1/4 x 16) = 4 ounces.regardless of what substance you're weighing.
5 gallons... 8P I weighed a cup of sand which equaled 12.45 ounces (used 12.5 ounces for computing purposes). So, 1 gallon of sand (16 cups) equals 200 ounces or divided by 16 ounces/pound, equals 12.5 pounds/gallon. 12.5 x 5 = 62.50 Pounds give or take.
About 1.2 pounds of dry sand equals 1 pound of wet sand. When sand is wet, it typically weighs more due to the water content.
In imperial measure there are 16 ounces in a pound
1 pound = 16 ounces ... more than 11 of them.
A pound is 16 ounces. Try thinking a little. Anyway, it's a pound and a quarter, so...five into twenty is four. Four sandwiches per pound. Five sandwiches in 20 ounces. Four ounces per sandwich. 20 sand/5lbs=4sand per lb. 16oz. /4 sand=4oz. per sand. 20oz./4oz.=5 sandwiches
A gallon is a unit of capacity. A pound is a unit of mass. The two units are therefore incompatible.
A pound of feathers and a pound of sand both weigh the same, since they are each one pound in weight. However, the volume occupied by a pound of feathers will be much larger than that of a pound of sand due to their differences in density.
In your sand sample, what is the average weight of a grain?
Plaster= 53 pound per cubic foot 53x3=159 pounds
5000 lbs of sand, give or take a hundred.