A shopkeeper keeps his stock of sugar in 35-kg bags. He has 4 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 5 kg and 1 kg. He wants to have the same number of 5-kg packets and 1-kg packets.
- How many packets of sugar does he pack altogether?
- How much sugar is left over?
(a)
Total mass of sugar
= 4 x 35
= 140 kg
Mass of one set of 1 1-kg packet and 1 5-kg packet
= 1 + 5
= 6 kg
Number of sets
= 140 ÷ 6
= 23 r 2
Number of packets of sugar
= 2 x 23
= 46
(b)
Mass of sugar left over = 2 kg
Answer(s): (a) 46; (b) 2 kg