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"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.
Because a pound weight can be divided into 16 parts and a 1/16 part is called an ounce.
If you think this is a little cumbersome for a unit of measurement, most of the world agrees and they have adopted a metric measurement system where the units are counted in 10s not 16s.
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16 ounces equals 1 what?
16 ounces is equal to 1 pound.
1 pound equals how many onces?
there are approximately 16 ounces in a pound.
How many ounces there in 1 pound?
There are 16 ounces in one pound (avdp).
1 ounce equals how many pounds?
16 ounces = 1 pound 1 ounce = 1/16 pound
How many ounces are for a ppound?
There is 16 ounces in every pound. Therefore, 1 pound equals to 16 ounces.
1 pound in weight equals ounces?
Sixteen ounces (avdp) equals one pound (avdp).
How many ounces in the pound?
16 ounces equals a pound, whether it's 16 ounces of solids, liquids or gases.
1 lb meat equals how many ounce?
1 pound of meat is equivalent to 16 ounces.
How many ounces of walnuts equals 1 lb?
There are 16 ounces in 1 pound, so 1 pound of walnuts is equal to 16 ounces.
How many pounds is 24 ounces if one pound equals 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.
Why does 12 ounces equals 1 pound?
Yes, there are 12 ounces in a pound, and four more ounces (16 total) makes a pound. 1 pound = 16 ounces
How many pounds equal 1 ounce?
1 pound equals 16 ounces 1/16 pound equals 1 ounce
