A shopkeeper keeps his stock of chicken powder in 40-kg bags. He has 5 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 4 kg and 5 kg. He wants to have the same number of 4-kg packets and 5-kg packets.
- How many packets of chicken powder does he pack altogether?
- How much chicken powder is left over?
(a)
Total mass of chicken powder
= 5 x 40
= 200 kg
Mass of one set of 1 5-kg packet and 1 4-kg packet
= 5 + 4
= 9 kg
Number of sets
= 200 ÷ 9
= 22 r 2
Number of packets of chicken powder
= 2 x 22
= 44
(b)
Mass of chicken powder left over = 2 kg
Answer(s): (a) 44; (b) 2 kg