Question

A box contains 500000 medicine tablets each weighing 10 mg. what is the total weight of all the tablets in the box in kilograms

Answer 1

Given:

Number of medicine tablets=5,00,000

Weight per tablet=10mg

To find:

The total weight of all the tablets in the box in kilograms

Solution:

The total required weight is 5kg.

We can obtain the total weight as a product of the tablet's weight and the total number of tablets given.

So, the total required weight=10×5,00,000

=50,00,000 mg

Now we have to convert this weight into kilograms.

We have that 1kg=10,00,000 mg

The weight can be converted by dividing the total weight by 10,00,000.

Using this, we get

Required weight of tablets in kg=50,00,000×1/10,00,000

=5kg

Therefore, the total required weight is 5kg.