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[iFruit]

wkong:

Hi All,


Need help in the following:-

madam mariam bought some minced chicken. she packed the meat equally into packets of 1/5kg each. If she packed the meat equally into packets of 1/7kg each, she will get 10 more packets of minced chicken. how many kilograms of minced chicken did she buy?

Thanks,
wkong

Assume the number of kgs of minced chicken bought = u

If you divide u kgs of chicken into 1/5kg packets, the number of packets = 5u
If you divide u kgs of chicken into 1/7kg packets, the number of packets = 7u

Then 7u = 5u +10 ----> 2u = 10 --> u =5

So the number of kgs of minced chicken bought = 5kg

HTH

[Yu Xuan]

wkong:

Hi All,


Need help in the following:-

madam mariam bought some minced chicken. she packed the meat equally into packets of 1/5kg each. If she packed the meat equally into packets of 1/7kg each, she will get 10 more packets of minced chicken. how many kilograms of minced chicken did she buy?

Thanks,
wkong

Hi

Diff between the two pkts --> 1/5 - 1/7 = 2/35
weight of extra 10 pkts --> 1/7 * 10 = 10/7
No. of 1/5 kg bags --> 10/7 / 2/35 = 25
Total weight --> 25 * 1/5kg = 5kg

Yu Xuan

[rain29]

Hi,


I need help for this maths question.

Jose has 54 apples more than Mari. The number of apples Andy has is 5 times the total number of apples Jose and Mari have. Andy has 630 more apples than Mari. How many apples does Jose have?

Thanks in advance.

[is_me_lblue]

Hi,


Pls assist below question. The answer given in the answer sheet is 16r but I feel a bit not right (hope I am wrong).

"Leroy had only $9 and he needed to buy 85 magnets. His father gave him another $r. The magnets were sold in pack of 5 for $r. How much more money did he need to pay for all the 85 magnets ?"

I need to explain to my son but I wonder what happen to the $9 if the answer is 16r.

Thnks

[Yu Xuan]

rain29:

Hi,


I need help for this maths question.

Jose has 54 apples more than Mari. The number of apples Andy has is 5 times the total number of apples Jose and Mari have. Andy has 630 more apples than Mari. How many apples does Jose have?

Thanks in advance.

Hi

Jose --> 1 unit + 54
Nari --> 1 unit
Andy --> (5 x 2units) + (54 x 5) = 10 units + 270

Diff between Andy & Mari --> 9 units + 270
9 units + 270 --> 630
9 units --> 360
1 unit --> 360 / 9 = 40

Jose --> 40 + 54 = 94

Yu Xuan

[rain29]

Hi Yu Xuan,


Thanks for your help. Now I can understand better with your explanation. Finally can explain to my daughter.

[Yu Xuan]

rain29:

Hi Yu Xuan,


Thanks for your help. Now I can understand better with your explanation. Finally can explain to my daughter.

The pleasure is mine. Nice evening!

[Dharma]

is_me_lblue:

Hi,


Pls assist below question. The answer given in the answer sheet is 16r but I feel a bit not right (hope I am wrong).

\"Leroy had only $9 and he needed to buy 85 magnets. His father gave him another $r. The magnets were sold in pack of 5 for $r. How much more money did he need to pay for all the 85 magnets ?\"

I need to explain to my son but I wonder what happen to the $9 if the answer is 16r.

Thnks

Additional amt needed to buy all 85 magnets
= $(85/5 x r) - $(9 + r)
= $(17r - 9 - r)
= $(16r - 9)

Think the given answer is incorrect

[is_me_lblue]

Dharma:

is_me_lblue:

Hi,


Pls assist below question. The answer given in the answer sheet is 16r but I feel a bit not right (hope I am wrong).

\"Leroy had only $9 and he needed to buy 85 magnets. His father gave him another $r. The magnets were sold in pack of 5 for $r. How much more money did he need to pay for all the 85 magnets ?\"

I need to explain to my son but I wonder what happen to the $9 if the answer is 16r.

Thnks

Additional amt needed to buy all 85 magnets
= $(85/5 x r) - $(9 + r)
= $(17r - 9 - r)
= $(16r - 9)

Think the given answer is incorrect

Thank you very much. Finally I can explain to my son with the correct answer.

[kwcllf]

Please help with the following question:


Amanda has 3 times as much money as Jolie. Colonel has $27 more than Amanda. The amount of money Jolie has is $1274 less than 5 times the amount of money Amanda has. Find the amount of money Jolie and Colonel have altogether.

Thanks!