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There is 5 kg 350 g of salt in a bag. If 3 kg 00 g of salt is used, how much
salt is left in the bag?

kg g
Quantity of salt in the bag 5 350

Quantity of salt used – 3 4 00

Salt left 1 950

So, 1 kg 950 g of salt is left in the bag now.

15 Solve the following.

(a) Peter’s mother baked 5 kg 500 g of biscuits and
stored these in a tin.
The weight of the empty tin is 1 kg 250 g.

What is the total weight of the tin and biscuits?

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(b) My brother’s weight is 5 kg. My weight is 0
kg 500 g. How much more is my brother’s weight

than mine?

(c) A vegetable vendor has 8 kg 750 g of potatoes.
By the end of the day, he could sell only 1 kg
875 g. What is the weight of the potatoes left
with the vendor?

(d) The weight of a packet of washing powder is
2 kg 250 g. What will be the weight of 3
such packets?

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