Question

A milk society got litres of milk in the morning and litres in the evening. The society sold litres that day.

(i) How many litres of milk did the society get that day?

(ii) Find the remaining quantity after the sales.

Answer 1

(i)

Quantity of milk got by the milk society in the morning =

Quantity of milk got by the milk society in the evening =

Quantity of milk got by the society in the day =

First, we change these fractions to fractions with the same denominator.

Thus, the denominator required should be a multiple of 1, 4 and 2 = 1 × 4 × 2 = 8

, and

∴

∴ Quantity of milk got by the society in that day =

(ii) Quantity of milk sold =

_Now,

Remaining quantity of milk after sales =