A shopkeeper keeps his stock of pepper in 60-kg bags. He has 5 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 6 kg and 2 kg. He wants to have the same number of 6-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 60
= 300 kg
Mass of one set of 1 2-kg packet and 1 6-kg packet
= 2 + 6
= 8 kg
Number of sets
= 300 ÷ 8
= 37 r 4
Number of packets of pepper
= 2 x 37
= 74
(b)
Mass of pepper left over = 4 kg
Answer(s): (a) 74; (b) 4 kg