A shopkeeper keeps his stock of chicken powder in 60-kg bags. He has 3 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 5 kg and 2 kg. He wants to have the same number of 5-kg packets and 2-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
= 3 x 60
= 180 kg
Mass of one set of 1 2-kg packet and 1 5-kg packet
= 2 + 5
= 7 kg
Number of sets
= 180 ÷ 7
= 25 r 5
Number of packets of chicken powder
= 2 x 25
= 50
(b)
Mass of chicken powder left over = 5 kg
Answer(s): (a) 50; (b) 5 kg