Calculations Involving Weights

Q.

Cost of 5 kg of wheat is Rs 91.50.

(a) What will be the cost of 8 kg of wheat?

(b) What quantity of wheat can be purchased in Rs 183?

Q. If 100 grams of cashew nuts cost ₹ 100, then what is the cost of 1 kg of cashew nuts?

1. ₹ 1000
2. ₹ 100
3. ₹ 250
4. ₹ 500

Q. Which costs more – $\frac{1}{2}$kg of onions or $\frac{1}{4}$ kg of carrots?
$$\begin{array}{cc}Item& Priceinrupeesperkg\\ Onions& 10\\ Carrots& 16\end{array}$$

1. $\frac{1}{4}$ kg carrots
2. $\frac{1}{2}$ kg onions
3. Both cost the same
4. None of the above

Q. The unit that is used to measure the weight of a television set is .

1. grams
2. kilograms
3. kilolitres
4. kilometres

Q. Which of the following is not a unit of capacity?

1. Pint
2. Liter
3. Kilogram
4. Quart

Q. What is the weight of 30 biscuit packets, if each packet weighs 60 grams?

1. 180 grams
2. 1 kg 800 grams
3. 1 kg 80 grams
4. 18000 grams

Q.

One meter of cloth costs $₹375.50$. Find the cost of $2.8\mathrm{m}$ of cloth.

Q. Which of the following weights will balance a 1 kg block in a weighing balance?

1. 1 x 500g, 2 x 250g
2. 1 x 500g, 3 x 250g
3. 3 x 250g, 4 x 50g
4. 3 x 250g, 2 x 200g

Q. There are 20 packets of oats. If one packet weighs 100 grams, then what is the weight of 20 packets?

1. 4 kg
2. 1 kg
3. 3 kg
4. 2 kg

Q. The cost of 1 litre water bottle is ₹20. What could be the cost of a half-litre water bottle?

Q.

Are the following statements true?

(a) 40 persons: 200 persons = Rs 15: Rs 75

(b) 7.5 litres: 15 litres = 5 kg: 10 kg

(c) 99 kg: 45 kg = Rs 44: Rs 20

(d) 32 m: 64 m = 6 sec: 12 sec

(e) 45 km: 60 km = 12 hours: 15 hours

Q. If a groundnut weighs 9 g and a mango weighs 72 g, then 4 mangoes and ___ groundnuts weigh the same.

1. 28
2. 30
3. 32
4. 34

Q. 250 g of tea costs ₹50. What is the cost of 2 kg of tea?

1. ₹300
2. ₹375
3. ₹200
4. ₹400

Q.

The price of $28kg$ of rice is $₹490$. What is the price of $39kg$ of rice?

Q. The weight of an object is equal to the sum of the weights 2 kg, 5kg and 1 kg.

What is the weight of the object?

1. 8

Q. If 1 kg of tomatoes costs $₹12,$ then 5 kilograms of it cost .

1. $₹48$
2. $₹50$
3. $₹60$
4. $₹58$

Q.

The cost of $1$ chart paper is $₹5$ and $1$ marker pen is $₹18$. Neeta needs to buy $6$ chart papers and $6$ marker pens. So, how much money does she need? Also, show the method of solving this problem using suitable property.

Q. A parcel contains 2 kg 200 g of sugar, 5 kg 450 g of flour, and 1 kg 350 g of cereals. What is the weight of the parcel?

1. 10 kg
2. 7 kg
3. 8 kg
4. 9 kg

Q. Janvi bought 500 g of salt. If the cost of 1 kg of salt is ₹ 50, then how much money did she pay the shopkeeper?

1. ₹ 50
2. ₹ 20
3. ₹25
4. ₹ 100

Q. The total weight of a box containing 5 detergent packets of the same size is 8 kg 400 grams. The weight of each packet in grams is .

1. 1.68
2. 1680
3. 168

Q. Ravi bought 500 g of butter and 2 loaves of bread weighing 200 g each. What is the total weight of the items that he purchased?

1. 1 kg
2. 900 g
3. 1100 g
4. 1 kg 200 g

Q. 250 g of tea costs ₹50. What is the cost of 2 kg of tea?

1. ₹375
2. ₹300
3. ₹200
4. ₹400

Q. Anil was given ₹ 1600 to buy ghee. If the cost of ghee per kg is ₹ 400, then how many kilograms of ghee can he buy with the given amount?

1. 5 kg
2. 4 kg
3. 2 kg
4. 10 kg

Q. If a groundnut weighs 9 g and a mango weighs 72 g, then 4 mangoes and ___ groundnuts weigh the same.

Q. Cost of 10 g of Saffron is ₹ 280. If John bought 2 kg of Saffron, then how much money did he spend?

1. ₹ 2800
2. ₹ 5600
3. ₹ 28000
4. ₹ 56000

Q. Sharing Milk
Shan poured 1 litre of milk into two bottles so that the first bottle holds $\frac{3}{4}$ litre and the other holds $\frac{1}{4}$ litre.



• Shade the level of milk in each bottle.
• How many millilitres of milk does each bottle hold?

Q.

Which of these is not a unit for measuring weight?

1. ton

2. gallon

3. ounce

4. pound

Q.

$152$ baskets of mangoes cost $₹$$80,408$. What is the cost of each basket?

Q.

Ravi purchased 5 kg 400 g rice, 2 kg 20 g sugar and 10 kg 850 g flour. Find the total weight of his purchases.

Q. A box contains 1000 biscuits. Each biscuit weighs 5 grams. Find the weight of all the biscuits in kilograms.

1. 5