A shopkeeper keeps his stock of pepper in 55-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 pepper does he pack altogether?
- How much pepper is left over?
(a)
Total mass of pepper
= 3 x 55
= 165 kg
Mass of one set of 1 2-kg packet and 1 5-kg packet
= 2 + 5
= 7 kg
Number of sets
= 165 ÷ 7
= 23 r 4
Number of packets of pepper
= 2 x 23
= 46
(b)
Mass of pepper left over = 4 kg
Answer(s): (a) 46; (b) 4 kg