Question

In a milk shop, 80,000 mL of milk is sold every day. If the shop owner sells 500 mL packets only, how many milk packets does he sell every day?

• A. 1600
• B. 16
• C. 160
• D. 16000

Answer 1

The correct option is C 160

$\text{Quantity of milk sold everyday}=80,000\text{mL}$
$\text{Capacity of each packet}=500\text{mL}$

Number of packets sold = Total quantity ÷ Capacity of each packet

$\Rightarrow \text{Number of packets sold}=80,000÷500$

Solving by long division method, we see:

$$\begin{array}{c}160\\ 50080000\\ -\underset{–}{500}2\\ 3000\\ -\underset{–}{3000}\\ 0\\ -\underset{–}{0}\\ 0\end{array}$$

So, the shopkeeper sells 160 packets of milk everyday.