Astore owner is stocking shelves. he places 37 eight-ounce packages of cheese on a shelf then he puts 24 ounce cheese on the same shelf how many pounds of cheese does he put on the shelf

There are 37 eight ounce of cheese.
37 times 8 =  296 ounces of cheese.
There are 16 ounces in a pound, so divide.
296/16 = 18.5 pounds on the shelf.

Then he places 24 ounce of cheese on the shelf. Divide that by 16.
24/16 = 1.5 pounds.

Add the pounds together-
18.5 + 1.5 = 20 pounds (lbs)