"A pint's a pound,
the world around"
And only 16 ounces of water will work.
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The answer is: Because unfortunately, in our cockamamie "customary" system of units
that practically nobody in the word except the USA struggles with any more, there are
two different units with the same name!
The two different units are both called an "ounce". One is a unit of force, and 16 of
them make one pound of force. The other is unit of volume. There are 8 of them in
a cup, 16 of them in 1 pint, 32 of them in a quart, and 128 of them in a gallon. It can
be slightly less confusing and easier to tell the difference if this second one is called
a "fluid ounce"; if that's not done, it can throw you for a loop.
Where this mess came from: The connection was supposed to be water. A fluid
ounce of water was supposed to weigh an ounce of force, so if you were talking
water, then a pint would weigh a pound and everything would be beautiful. But
the weight of a fluid ounce of water isn't that close to one ounce, and even if it
were, there's no excuse for that kind of a sloppy attempt to make a force equal
to a volume. Just one more argument in favor of the metric system that Americans
are so afraid of.
16 ounces is equal to 1 pound.
there are approximately 16 ounces in a pound.
16 ounces = 1 pound 1 ounce = 1/16 pound
There are 16 ounces in one pound (avdp).
There is 16 ounces in every pound. Therefore, 1 pound equals to 16 ounces.
Sixteen ounces (avdp) equals one pound (avdp).
16 ounces equals a pound, whether it's 16 ounces of solids, liquids or gases.
There are 16 ounces in 1 pound, so 1 pound of walnuts is equal to 16 ounces.
1 pound of meat is equivalent to 16 ounces.
24 ounces is equivalent to 1.5 pounds since 1 pound equals 16 ounces. You can convert ounces to pounds by dividing the number of ounces by 16.
Yes, there are 12 ounces in a pound, and four more ounces (16 total) makes a pound. 1 pound = 16 ounces
1 pound equals 16 ounces 1/16 pound equals 1 ounce