Question

A family of 8 people need 48 kg rice for a month. What is the amount of rice required for each person?

Answer 1

Quantity of rice required by a family in one month = 48 kg
Total number of people in the family = 8

Quantity of rice required by each person
= 48 ÷ 8
By repeated subtraction method
= 48 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 = 0
8 is subtracted 6 times.
48 ÷ 8 = 6

Thus, each person require 6 kg of rice each in a month.