There are 20 units of 100 pounds in a ton. Since a ton is equal to 2,000 pounds, dividing 2,000 by 100 yields 20.
20. A ton is 2,000 pounds, so it would take 20 100 pound bags to total 2,000.
The basic weight in pounds of 1 ton is 2,000 lb --- so .96 ton would equal 1,920 Pound there is also what they call a "Long Ton" which is 2,200 Pound so that .96 ton in that case would be 2,112 Pound
To convert dollars per pound to dollars per ton, you need to consider the fact that there are 2,000 pounds in one ton. So, you would multiply the dollars per pound value by 2,000 to get the equivalent value in dollars per ton. This conversion is important when comparing prices of items sold in different units of measurement, such as when dealing with commodities like metals or agricultural products.
There is a mixture of imperial and metric units; first, I'll order each set, and then put them together in one ordered list: Imperial: ounce, pound, ton Metric: gram, kilogram, metric ton (tonne) Together depends upon where you are: 1 tonne ≈ 2205 lb * In UK which uses the long ton = 2240 lb: gram, ounce, pound, kilogram, metric ton, ton (here the metric ton is only slightly less than the ton) * In USA which uses the short ton = 2000 lb gram, ounce, pound, kilogram, ton, metric ton (here the metric ton is quite a bit more than the ton)
Well, converting dollars per metric ton into cents per pound is like painting a happy little picture. First, you need to know how many pounds are in a metric ton (which is about 2204.62 pounds). Then, you can simply divide the price in dollars per metric ton by 2204.62 to get the price in dollars per pound. Finally, you can multiply that by 100 to convert it into cents per pound. Just remember, there are no mistakes, only happy little accidents in conversions!
You can if you define the kind of ton, because there are many different units that involve the word "ton" (short, long, and metric). A short ton is 2000 pounds, so there is 1/2000 short ton in a pound, or 0.0005 short ton per pound.
It is the 2,000 pound one. There are two other units of ton.
100 pounds = 1 ton
To convert price from dollars per ton to dollars per pound, we need to know the weight of a ton in pounds. Since there are 2000 pounds in a ton, to determine the price per pound, we divide $100 by 2000 to get $0.05 per pound.
20. A ton is 2,000 pounds, so it would take 20 100 pound bags to total 2,000.
There are 2,000 pounds in a ton. To find out how many 20-pound bags are in a ton, divide 2,000 by 20. This calculation shows that there are 100 bags of 20 pounds in a ton.
Examples: kilogram, gram, ton, pound.
There are 2,00 pounds in a ton.
Since there are 2,000 pounds in one ton (one short ton), the corollary is that there is 1/2000 of a ton in a pound (or .0005 tons in a pound).
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0.0005
ton = 2000lb so 2000lb + 700lb = 2700lb.