Question

Farah found 34 packets of cashew nuts, each weighing 250 g in her shop. She also found 1350 g of loose cashew nuts. She wants to repack all the cashews into new packets, each weighing 150 g. How many such packets can be made? How many cashew nuts will be left out?

Answer 1

To find the total weight of cashew nuts, multiply 250 g with 34 packets and add 1350 g to the result.

Total weight = 250 x 34 + 1350 = 8500 + 1350 = 9850 g

To find the number of packets weighing 150g each, divide 9850 by 150.

Thus, the quotient is 65 and remainder is 100.

So, Farah can make 65 packets of cashew nuts, each weighing 150 g. Also, 100 g will be left out.