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A box of pasta weighs exactly one kilogram. Each small packet of pasta inside the box is 50 grams. How many packets of pasta are in 2 boxes.

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40 packets in 2 boxes 1 kilograms= 1000 grams
User Eero Heikkinen
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1) Convert kilograms to grams : 1 kilogram = 1000 grams
2) Divide 1000 by 50 to see how many packets of pasta are in 1 box : 1000 divided by 50 is 20
3) 20 x 2(it's two boxes), which is 40
Therefore, there are 40 packets of pasta in 2 boxes
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