Answer
10 tons
Work Step by Step
20,000 lb = 10 tons
Use a unit fraction with tons (the unit for your answer) in the numerator, and pounds (the unit being changed) in the denominator. Because 2000 lb = 1 ton, the necessary unit fraction is
(1 ton)/(2000 lb)
Multiply 20,000 lb times the unit fraction.
20,000 * (1 ton)/(2000 lb) = 10 tons.
