{"id":230251,"date":"2025-06-09T05:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=230251"},"modified":"2025-06-09T05:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:55:10","slug":"a-newborn-baby-weighs-2-7-kg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/09\/a-newborn-baby-weighs-2-7-kg\/","title":{"rendered":"A newborn baby weighs 2.7 kg."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A newborn baby weighs 2.7 kg. Find her weight in pounds. The weight of the baby is 2.7 kg = 2700 g. 453.6 g = 1 lb. 1 lb = (453.6 g * 2700) lb = 5.95 lb. Now, how was this solved?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A newborn baby weighs <strong>2.7 kg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 pound (lb) = 453.6 grams (g)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step-by-step conversion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Convert kilograms to grams:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>2.7&nbsp;kg=2.7\u00d71000=2700&nbsp;g2.7 \\text{ kg} = 2.7 \\times 1000 = 2700 \\text{ g}2.7&nbsp;kg=2.7\u00d71000=2700&nbsp;g<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Convert grams to pounds:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>2700&nbsp;g\u00f7453.6&nbsp;g\/lb\u22485.95&nbsp;lb2700 \\text{ g} \\div 453.6 \\text{ g\/lb} \\approx 5.95 \\text{ lb}2700&nbsp;g\u00f7453.6&nbsp;g\/lb\u22485.95&nbsp;lb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Answer:<\/strong>2.7&nbsp;kg\u22485.95&nbsp;lb2.7 \\text{ kg} \\approx 5.95 \\text{ lb}2.7&nbsp;kg\u22485.95&nbsp;lb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To convert a baby&#8217;s weight from kilograms to pounds, we need to understand the relationship between these units. A kilogram is a unit of mass in the metric system, and a pound is a unit of weight commonly used in the imperial system, especially in the United States. Since both units measure the same physical quantity (mass\/weight), they can be converted using standard conversion factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem gives us two key facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1 kilogram = 1000 grams<\/strong> \u2013 this is a basic metric conversion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1 pound = 453.6 grams<\/strong> \u2013 this is the bridge between the metric and imperial systems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The baby&#8217;s weight is <strong>2.7 kilograms<\/strong>. First, we convert this into grams because the conversion factor to pounds is given in grams. We multiply 2.7 by 1000, which gives us <strong>2700 grams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, to find how many pounds this is, we divide the number of grams by how many grams are in one pound:2700\u00f7453.6\u22485.952700 \\div 453.6 \\approx 5.952700\u00f7453.6\u22485.95<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that 2.7 kilograms is approximately equal to <strong>5.95 pounds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the incorrect step in the original explanation was multiplying instead of dividing by 453.6. The correct operation is division because we are converting from grams to a larger unit (pounds), and therefore we need fewer units \u2014 that is, fewer pounds than grams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding the logic behind conversion ensures accuracy and helps apply this method to other units of measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner4-736.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230252\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newborn baby weighs 2.7 kg. Find her weight in pounds. The weight of the baby is 2.7 kg = 2700 g. 453.6 g = 1 lb. 1 lb = (453.6 g * 2700) lb = 5.95 lb. Now, how was this solved? The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: A newborn baby weighs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}