A shipment weighing 220,460 pounds could also be said to weigh exactly how many metric tons?

• A. 88.0 metric tons
• B. 100.0 metric tons
• C. 110.5 metric times
• D. 99.0 metric tons

Answer: (B)

Converting pounds to metric tons uses the fact that 1 metric ton equals about 2,204.6226 pounds. To get metric tons, divide the pounds by this factor: 220,460 ÷ 2,204.6226 ≈ 100.0 metric tons (rounded to one decimal place). The given weight is essentially the same as 100 metric tons, just two pounds short, which still rounds to 100.0 metric tons. The other numbers would require significantly different weights in pounds (for example, 88.0 metric tons would be roughly 194,000 pounds, and 99.0 metric tons about 218,000 pounds), so they don’t match the given shipment weight.