A shopkeeper keeps his stock of pepper in 55-kg bags. He has 5 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 2 kg and 4 kg. He wants to have the same number of 2-kg packets and 4-kg packets.
- How many packets of pepper does he pack altogether?
- How much pepper is left over?
(a)
Total mass of pepper
= 5 x 55
= 275 kg
Mass of one set of 1 4-kg packet and 1 2-kg packet
= 4 + 2
= 6 kg
Number of sets
= 275 ÷ 6
= 45 r 5
Number of packets of pepper
= 2 x 45
= 90
(b)
Mass of pepper left over = 5 kg
Answer(s): (a) 90; (b) 5 kg