Unit 3 · Measurement and Data

20 Boxes × 400g — How Many 1.5 kg Bags?

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20 boxes (400 g each) must be packed into bags that hold at most 1.5 kg. The key traps: forgetting to convert kg to g, and forgetting the leftover boxes after dividing. If you just divide 20 by 3 and ignore the remainder, you get 6 — and leave 2 boxes unpacked!

Chapters

0:00Introduction
0:22The Question
0:57Standardising the units (kilograms to grams)
1:20Determining the capacity per bag
1:51Calculating the total bags required
2:28Strategic exam tip
3:02Correct answer

Question

20 boxes are going to be packed into bags.

Each box has a mass of 400 grams.

Each bag can hold a mass of up to 1.5 kilograms.

What is the smallest number of bags needed to pack all the boxes?

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