Question

The weights of two athletes in a game are given below. What are their weights in grams? (1 kg = 1,000 g).

	Athlete 1	Athlete 2
Weight in kg	28 kg	82 kg
Weight in g

• A. Weight of athlete 1 = 28,000 g, Weight of athlete 2 = 29,000 g
• B. Weight of athlete 1 = 28,000 g, Weight of athlete 2 = 88,000 g
• C. Weight of athlete 1 = 28,000 g, Weight of athlete 2 = 82,000 g
• D. Weight of athlete 1 = 23,000 g, Weight of athlete 2 = 82,000 g

Answer 1

The correct option is C Weight of athlete 1 = 28,000 g, Weight of athlete 2 = 82,000 g

The weights of two athlete are as follows:
Athlete 1 = 28 kg
Athlete 2 = 82 kg

• 1 kg = 1,000 g
• To get the weight in grams, multiply 28 kg and 82 kg with 1,000 (as 1 kg = 1,000 g).
• For athlete 1: $28\times 1,000=28,000g.$
• Thus, there are 28,000 g in 28 kg.
• For athlete 2: $82\times 1000=82,000g$.
• Thus, there are 82,000 g 82 kg.
• So the weight of athletes 1 and 2 in grams are 28,000 g and 82,000 g, respectively.

Hence, weight of athlete 1 = 28,000 g and the weight of athlete 2 = 82,000 g.