A shopkeeper keeps his stock of sugar in 45-kg bags. He has 3 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 sugar does he pack altogether?
- How much sugar is left over?
(a)
Total mass of sugar
= 3 x 45
= 135 kg
Mass of one set of 1 4-kg packet and 1 2-kg packet
= 4 + 2
= 6 kg
Number of sets
= 135 ÷ 6
= 22 r 3
Number of packets of sugar
= 2 x 22
= 44
(b)
Mass of sugar left over = 3 kg
Answer(s): (a) 44; (b) 3 kg