Question

A carton contains 20 1/2 kg of bread. If 4 1/4 kg of the bread was left, how much bread was sold?​

Answer 1

Given :-

• Weight of bread in Carton = 20 1/2 kg

• The amount of bread left = 4 1/4 kg

To Find :-

• amount of bread was sold

Solution :-

Amount of bread sold =

$\fbox \red{ \sf{amount \: of \: bread \: sold = total \: amount \: of \: bread - remaining \: bread}}\\ \\ \tt \ \: \implies20 \frac{1}{2} kg \: - \: 4 \frac{1}{4} kg \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \\ \\ \tt \ \: \implies \: 16 \frac{1}{4} kg \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \:$

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

weight of bread in carton = 20½ kg

the amount of bread left= 4¼ kg

amount of bread was left

20½-4¼

= 65/4

=16¼