What is
2.5 lbs is % of 32 oz;
32 oz is % of 2.5 lbs

a) 2.5 lbs is 125% of 32 oz

b) 32 oz is 80% of 2.5 lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

We want to find what percent of 32 oz is 2.5 lbs.

Note that; 1 lbs is 16 oz

Therefore we want to find what percent of 2 lbs is 2.5 lbs

The number that comes after the word "of" becomes our denominator of the fraction we would convert into percentage;

Therefore  125% of 32oz is 2.5lbs

b) This time we want to find what percent of 2.5lbs is 32oz or 2lbs

So our denominator now is rather 2.5

Therefore 32 oz is 80% of 2.5 lbs