Yeo Kenny's answer to Lim jia an's Primary 5 Maths Decimals Singapore question.

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a)
1 carton can contain 250 cans
2 cartons can contain 2*250 =500
3 cartons can contain 3*250 =750
4 cartons can contain 4*250 = 1000
5 cartons can contain 5*250 = 1250
6 cartons can contain 6*250 =1500

so just need 6 cartons to pack 1425 cans

b) zero cans left after using 6 cartons
Lim jia an
Lim Jia An
1 year ago
I din’t understand i need another methou
Yeo Kenny
Yeo Kenny
1 year ago
okay 1 carton can pack 250 cans right?
Lim jia an
Lim Jia An
1 year ago
Ya
Yeo Kenny
Yeo Kenny
1 year ago
how about 2 cartons.. how many can I pack?
Lim jia an
Lim Jia An
1 year ago
500
Yeo Kenny
Yeo Kenny
1 year ago
Good! how about 6 cartons? how many can you pack?
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
1 year ago
I think the fact that they wanted “how many cans were left unpacked” suggests that the earlier cartons must be complete ones.

For this question, we have 5 cartons with 175 cans left over.

Maybe the question could have been better indicated at the start as “the cans are packed into several complete cartons, with some cans being left over”.
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
1 year ago
Normally otherwise they would ask “what is the minimum number of cartons required to pack all the cans”.