1 ounce= 30 grams
about how much does a box of 1,000 paper clips weigh if the empty box weighs 15 grams
Celest -- you're missing some information. How much does each paper clip weigh?
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9 years too late, but...
In order to answer this question, one would need to know that a regular paperclip weighs ~ 1 gram. Therefore, 1000 paperclips * (1 gram / 1 paperclip) = 1000 grams. The weight of the paperclips (1000 g) and the weight of the empty box (15 g) totals out to be 1015 grams.
(If the question was asking to answer in U.S. Conventional Units, then you would need to use the conversion (given in your question) 1015 g * (1 oz / 30 g) ≈ 33.83 oz.)
To find out the weight of a box of 1,000 paper clips, you need to calculate the weight of the paper clips themselves, excluding the weight of the empty box.
Given that 1 ounce is equivalent to 30 grams, we can convert the unit of measurement from ounces to grams. Convert the weight of the empty box from 15 grams to ounces:
15 grams * (1 ounce / 30 grams) = 0.5 ounce
Now we know that the empty box weighs 0.5 ounce. To determine the weight of a box of 1,000 paper clips, we need to subtract the weight of the empty box from the total weight of the box with paper clips.
Since an ounce is equivalent to 30 grams, we can convert the weight of 1,000 paper clips from grams to ounces:
1000 paper clips * (1 ounce / 30 paper clips) = 33.33 ounces
Finally, subtract the weight of the empty box from the weight of the box with paper clips:
33.33 ounces - 0.5 ounce = 32.83 ounces
Therefore, a box of 1,000 paper clips would weigh approximately 32.83 ounces.