A shopkeeper keeps his stock of flour in 55-kg bags. He has 2 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 2 kg and 6 kg. He wants to have the same number of 2-kg packets and 6-kg packets.
- How many packets of flour does he pack altogether?
- How much flour is left over?
(a)
Total mass of flour
= 2 x 55
= 110 kg
Mass of one set of 1 6-kg packet and 1 2-kg packet
= 6 + 2
= 8 kg
Number of sets
= 110 ÷ 8
= 13 r 6
Number of packets of flour
= 2 x 13
= 26
(b)
Mass of flour left over = 6 kg
Answer(s): (a) 26; (b) 6 kg