Question

An empty box weighs 200g The box is filled with birthday party goody bags and it now weighs 6.2kg Each goody bag weighs 150g Work out how many goody bags are inside the boz

Answer 1

The answer to your question is: 40 bags

Explanation:

Data:

box weight = 200 g

Box weight + bags = 6.2 kg

1 bad weight = 150 g

Process:

We need to know the weight of all the bags so we subtract the box weight from the total weight

Goody bags weight = 6200 g - 200 g

Goody bags weight = 6000 g

To find the weight of one bag we use a rule of three

1 goody bags ---------------- 150 g

x ---------------- 6000 g

x = (6000) (1) / 150 = 40 bags