A shopkeeper keeps his stock of pepper in 50-kg bags. He has 5 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 4 kg and 2 kg. He wants to have the same number of 4-kg packets and 2-kg packets.
- How many packets of pepper does he pack altogether?
- How much pepper is left over?
(a)
Total mass of pepper
= 5 x 50
= 250 kg
Mass of one set of 1 2-kg packet and 1 4-kg packet
= 2 + 4
= 6 kg
Number of sets
= 250 ÷ 6
= 41 r 4
Number of packets of pepper
= 2 x 41
= 82
(b)
Mass of pepper left over = 4 kg
Answer(s): (a) 82; (b) 4 kg