A shopkeeper keeps his stock of pepper in 60-kg bags. He has 3 such bags to be packed into smaller packets weighing 7 kg and 1 kg. He wants to have the same number of 7-kg packets and 1-kg packets.
- How many packets of pepper does he pack altogether?
- How much pepper is left over?
(a)
Total mass of pepper
= 3 x 60
= 180 kg
Mass of one set of 1 1-kg packet and 1 7-kg packet
= 1 + 7
= 8 kg
Number of sets
= 180 ÷ 8
= 22 r 4
Number of packets of pepper
= 2 x 22
= 44
(b)
Mass of pepper left over = 4 kg
Answer(s): (a) 44; (b) 4 kg