A shopkeeper keeps his stock of sugar in 55-kg bags. He has 2 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 4 kg and 3 kg. He wants to have the same number of 4-kg packets and 3-kg packets.
- How many packets of sugar does he pack altogether?
- How much sugar is left over?
(a)
Total mass of sugar
= 2 x 55
= 110 kg
Mass of one set of 1 3-kg packet and 1 4-kg packet
= 3 + 4
= 7 kg
Number of sets
= 110 ÷ 7
= 15 r 5
Number of packets of sugar
= 2 x 15
= 30
(b)
Mass of sugar left over = 5 kg
Answer(s): (a) 30; (b) 5 kg