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Mary buy a 5 kg jar of sweets for £25. Then Mary divide the sweets into 125 g packets and sell them for 99p each.
a. How many packets can Mary make?
b. How much profit will Mary make?

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Answer:

Explanation:

a.

5kg = 5000 g

5000 ÷ 125 = 40

Mary can make 40 packets

b. 40 x 99 = 3960

3960 ÷ 100 = 39.60

39.6 - 25 = 14.6

Therefore, Mary makes a profit of £14.6

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