Question

The table shows masses of different types of nuts that Nathan buys. He plans to mix the nuts and then separate them into bags. Each bag will have 1.2 kg of nuts in it.

Write how many bags of mixed nuts Nathan can completely fill.

Answer 1

Nathan can fill 10 FULL bags of mixed nuts.

To solve this problem, you must add up the total mass of ALL the nuts first. 

3.64+ 2.79 = 6.43
3.44+2.73 = 6.17
6.43+ 6.17 = 12.60.

When Nathan mixes all of the nuts, it is 12.60 kg.

Since he is separating or dividing, you divide 12.60 by 1.2.

12.60 / 1.2 = 10.5

Since the question is asking FULL bags, the answer is 10. 

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