A moving company charges $0.60 per pound for a move from New York to Florida. A family estimates that their belongings weigh about 6 tons. About how much would it cost the family to move from New York to Florida?
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1 ton = 2,000 lbs.
0.6 * 6 * 2,000 = $________
1. find how many pounds are in a ton
2. multiply that by the 6 tons
3. after finding the total amount, multiply that by 0.60.
4 what ever you get should be the answer
(What it should look like)
2,000 lbs = 1 ton
2,000*6 tons=____
____lbs* 0.60 cents
To find out how much it would cost the family to move from New York to Florida, we need to calculate the total weight of their belongings in pounds and then multiply it by the cost per pound.
First, let's convert tons to pounds. There are 2,000 pounds in one ton. So, to convert 6 tons to pounds, we multiply 6 by 2,000.
6 tons * 2,000 pounds/ton = 12,000 pounds
The family's belongings weigh about 12,000 pounds.
Now, to find the cost of the move, we multiply the weight (12,000 pounds) by the cost per pound ($0.60).
12,000 pounds * $0.60/pound = $7,200
Therefore, it would cost the family about $7,200 to move from New York to Florida.